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ATAMIRA - Strange Resting Places
Season 1 , Episode 1Set in Italy, 1944, a made-for-television play starring Paolo Rotondo and Rob Mokaraka that shines a light on the emotional bonds of New Zealand's wartime history, in a story about a young Maori soldier and an Italian deserter. -
ATAMIRA - Awhi Tapu
Season 1 , Episode 2At the foot of the Urewera ranges lies Awhi Tapu - a desolate forestry village. With the forestry industry closed down, most have left - Wendyl, Sonny, Casper and Girl Girl have only each other and their fertile imaginations to rely on. Awhi Tapu is a story of loss, belonging, but most of all, friendship; it heralds a new wave of writing around Maori issues and characters; direct, unsentimental and challenging. -
ATAMIRA - Purapurawhetu
Season 1 , Episode 3Purapurawhetu tells the story of a small community that has a painful, unacknowledged past which affects the present internal politics and hence cannot move on. Where have all the people gone? They have left because the place is full of sadness and no one knows why. A mysterious old woman comes into town one day while a young man tries to complete a tukutuku panel in time for the opening of the local marae. This woman reveals to him the hidden secrets and jealousy of times gone by; of a painful loss and why the old kaumatua is so broken. As the tale tumbles out, the tukutuku panel continues to be woven but will not be completed unless the loss is recognised, there is forgiveness, redemption and eventually healing. -
ATAMIRA - When Sun and Moon Collide
Season 1 , Episode 4Issac runs a tearooms in the middle of nowhere where he watches life and cars pass by each day. When two of his customers share a chance meeting he finds himself embroiled in something very sinister. Written by Briar Grace-Smith and starring Calvin Tuteao and Xavier Horan. -
ATAMIRA - Irirangi Bay
Season 1 , Episode 5The consequences of a makutu (curse) laid during the New Zealand land wars haunts this passionate story. A seemingly perfect married couple of the 1950s are victims of a web of secrets that threaten their very lives. -
ATAMIRA - The Prophet
Season 1 , Episode 6Five cousins have returned to their 'home' on the East coast for another cousin's unveiling. Over the three days they are there, they grow from being kids to adults.
