Briar Grace-Smith, Tanea Heke, Rachel House, Ana Scotney, Tioreore Melbourne, Sylvia Rands, Cian Elyse White, Erroll Anderson, Miriama Smith, Cohen Holloway, Chelsie Preston Crayford. Cataloged from container. Based on the book by Patricia Grace. Originally released as a motion picture in 2021. Includes extra features.
Summary:
Mata, Missy and Makareta. Three cousins. Three lives. Separated by circumstances, yet bound together by blood. Orphaned Mata believes she has no whanau and lives out her lonely childhood in fear and bewilderment. Back home on the land, educated Makareta flees an arranged marriage to study law and begin the search for her missing cousin. She leaves behind cheeky yet dutiful Missy who takes on her role of kaitiaki (guardian) of the land. As the years pass, loss of the family land seems imminent and the women's promise to bring their stolen cousin home seems more unlikely than ever, until a chance encounter changes everything.
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