Hinekaro Goes on a Picnic and Blows Up Another Obelisk

Hinekaro Goes on a Picnic and Blows Up Another Obelisk

Hinekaro Goes on a Picnic and Blows Up Another Obelisk

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Hinekaro Goes on a Picnic and Blows Up Another Obelisk

1994

0h 15m

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Fantasy

Overview

A Maori writer meets a trickster spirit guide and conjures new worlds from the words she inks on a page.

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New Zealand Film Commission

Cast & Crew

7 members

Acting

Rima Te Wiata

Apprentice

Rima Te Wiata

Acting

Rena Owen

Hinekaro (voice)

Rena Owen

Acting

Minette Meder

Apprentice as a Girl

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Acting

George Boyle

Old Man

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Acting

Glynis Paraha

Cleaner

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Acting

Ian Harrop

Executive

Ian Harrop

Art

Shayne Radford

Thug

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