In a Maori settlement, Ngati Toa leader Te Rauparaha composes the famous chant "Ka Mate", also known as the haka, after evading enemy capture by hiding in a kumara pit.

• Pacific Films
• New Zealand Film Commission
• Luckie Renata
• Henare Tartare
• Kiri McCorkindale
• Robert Pene
• John Marshall
• Joel Thompson
• Thomas Mana
• George Whaanga