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A Place To Stand (2002)

Actor Wi Kuki Kaa plays Tiare, a Vietnam War veteran who is dislocated by his experiences of war, and homelessness. He wanders the city streets, collecting ephemera in plastic bags. Nancy Brunning plays his daughter, who, with her own daughter, visits their reluctant koro to convince him to visit his ancestral home. The result is a moving story about a man jolted to find his turangawaewae, and the whanau that helps him get there. (NZ On Screen)

Release: 2002-07-28
Runtime: 13 min
Cast
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Grant Tilly
Mr Finch
Wi Kuki Kaa
Wi Kuki Kaa
Tiare
Nancy Brunning
Nancy Brunning
Rose
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Sydney Larkins
Hineata
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Greg Matetaka
Young Tiare
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Geoff Karena
Manu
Taika Waititi
Taika Waititi
Vietnam Soldier