Crooked Earth

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

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  Temuera Morrison

  Will Bastion
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  Jaime Passier-Armstrong

  Ripeka Bastion
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  Lawrence Makoare

  Kahu Bastion
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  Nancy Brunning

  Marama
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  Mark Nua

  Iosefa
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  Sydney Jackson

  Pettigrew
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  George Henare

  Tipene
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  Calvin Tuteao

  Sergeant Ropiha
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  William Davis

  Gus
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  Patrick Wilson

  Government Minister of Forestry