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[THUNDER ROLL]

[SILENCE]

[EPIC SOFT STINGER]

[CALMING MUSIC PLAYS]

[CALMING MUSIC CONTINUES]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[CALMING MUSIC CONTINUES]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[CALMING MUSIC FADES]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[WIND BLOWING]

REWI: The beauty of your actions touch my heart,

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

to travel so far,

to honor the pact of our ancestors,

and defend

another's tribe!

Thank you.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

And yet your journey has been in vain.

It will be,

three thousand versus three hundred,

muskets versus rifles,

and cannons.

[WIND BLOWING CONTINUES]

Don't fight.

Don't fight.

If you, Te Urewera, insist on fighting,

there can only be one outcome.

Death!

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

TE WHENUANUI: Rewi,

our party from Te Urewera have travelled many miles,

to support you and your people.

We have consulted our war god,

and she predicts a blood soaked victory.

We have also captured the first fish for sacrifice.

So here is my word,

in this place let us use our guns and ammunition,

they're a heavy burden,

and I would rather carry,

the glory of battle home with me.

MAN #1: That’s right, Te Whenuanui.

TE PAERATA: Indeed. MAN #1: Yes, that’s right.

[DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING]

[FIRE CRACKLING]

It is decided then.

We will make a stand here at O-Rākau.

Go and rouse your people,

we have much to do if we are to have any chance.

Arise, Tūhoe.

My friends unto death.

Our fates are now bound, no matter what.

[EMOTIONAL SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[EMOTIONAL SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES]

[LEAVES RUSTLING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[FIRE CRACKLING]

KŌPŪ: Awaken,

tongues of fire,

like a flaming demon,

strip you bare. [INDISTINCT MEN CHATTER]

Nothing will be the same.

All that has been may perish,

[INDISTINCT MEN CHATTER CONTINUES]

at the setting crescent moon,

a crimson sunrise,

the raiding party will be victorious.

MEKA: And should this enemy soldier be sacrificed now

or later?

KŌPŪ: No wait.

A death will be offered once the whites' army is sighted.

That is all.

Salutations to you our war god.

MEKA: Let it be done.

I need to go and tell our chief.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[FIRE CRACKLING]

[LEAVES RUSTLING]

RIRO: You have returned.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

I told Meka,

you knew the boy would come to us,

and you led us to his capture.

KŌPŪ: Why would you say that?

RIRO: Because,

Meka may tell the others,

you should be the war-god’s voice for all the tribes here.

Don't look at him.

Don't talk to him.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]

[FIRE CRACKLING CONTINUES]

HAKI: Hey girl!

Please.

Untie me.

HAKI: Can you hear me with those?

I can read your lips,

but, I'm not allowed to talk to young people,

or commoners.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

Doesn't that get lonely?

[FIRE CRACKLING CONTINUES]

Why does your mother make you wear those?

They show I'm sacred,

a sign I’m the spirit channel for the gods.

You are not a god.

Just a half-caste traitor.

HAKI: And what are you?

I'm the medium for our war god,

Te Paenga-o-te Riri.

I'm not a traitor.

I'm just traveling with my mother.

We're going to see my grandmother.

She's sick,

we're trying to get to her, before she dies.

Maybe your god could help heal her?

My god deals in war, not healing!

Anyway, you talk too much.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SOFT TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

We're not so different.

We're both bound by loneliness.

MAN #1: Hey,

greetings Meka.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

Did he talk to you?

[SOFT TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MEKA SCREAMS]

[HAKI SCREAMS IN PAIN]

MEKA: I have the first kill!

The sacrificial rites are mine!

[BODY DROPPED]

[CICADAS BUZZING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

What's your name boy?

Jack.

So Jack, how far off is your army?

I'm not a soldier,

I'm just trying to get to my grandmother before she dies.

Something I found when the soldiers came to our home.

Something you found?

Show me your hands.

I make cartridges for my uncle for duck shooting.

I'm the best shot in the family.

We smoke the birds and sell them to the whites.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES] [CICADAS BUZZING CONTINUES]

And so you're not white?

My father is.

Was.

TE WHENUANUI: Our war god has said there will be a sacrifice,

when we first see the enemy.

We no longer pay tribute to the old gods,

nor do we mutilate the bodies of our enemies.

Tell us Rewi,

is it true,

they burned your women and

children at the massacre of Rangiaowhia?

[THUD]

REWI: Now is not the time for revenge.

My concern right now, must be the preservation of my people.

I respect your authority but...

MEKA: He is my sacrifice to make.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

Please sir, let me live.

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

Do as you please!

I have our preparations to worry about.

The British are perhaps,

no more than two days away.

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[TENSE MUSIC FADES]

[CHILDREN INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[FIRE CRACKLING]

[CHILD LAUGHING]

[CHILD LAUGHING CONTINUES]

[FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING]

[WATER DRIPPING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

RIRO: Mohi!

What do you think you’re doing?

RIRO: You are not a lowly servant.

In time you’ll be a noble chief yourself.

Don't let your grandfather catch you feeding her.

Go away.

[FIRE CRACKLING CONTINUES]

[INDISTINCT MEN CHATTER]

I've warned you about trying to make friends.

I wasn't.

You were late and I was hungry.

Think you're the only one the chief's listen to?

Now shut your mouth and get to sleep.

[MEN INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[MEN GRUNTING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES]

[CRICKET CHIRPING] [OWL HOWLING]

HAKI: Mama?

RIPEKA: Is that you Haki?

Hold onto me.

Look after your little sister no matter what.

[LOW RUMBLE]

Where is she?

[HORSE SQUEALING]

[DARK OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

Why won't they bring her to me.

[DARK OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES]

[DARK OMINOUS MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[DRY GRASS RUSTLING] [DARK OMINOUS MUSIC STOPS]

[WINGS FLAPPING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[GRASS RUSTLING]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

What's happening?

MOHI: The god in Kōpū said you weren't the sacrifice,

and that anyone who hurt you was in danger.

So I can just go?

Thank you.

You're a kind boy.

Even if your grandfather doesn't notice.

My grandfather just wants me to be a warrior.

He says our way of life is in danger.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[BIRDS SQUEAL]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

What the hell have you done?

KŌPŪ: I spoke the truth.

RIRO: We're going back out there to talk to Meka.

KŌPŪ: To tell him, what?

RIRO: That the boy is the first sacrifice

and he should be killed today.

KŌPŪ: I'm not you, I don't lie and cheat to get what I want.

RIRO: We're not from a chiefly family.

You have no father.

I've worked so hard to make this happen,

how many other female god-mediums have you seen? Aye?

None.

-Now get back out there! -No. I never wanted to be this.

I hate it.

RIRO: Don't you dare destroy all that I've worked for.

[KŌPŪ CRYING]

[KŌPŪ CRYING CONTINUES]

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] [METAL CLANKING]

BRITISH SOLDIER #1: Yaa.

[INDISTINCT MUTTERING]

[HORSES NEIGHING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[PEACEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[PEACEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[INTENSE MUSICAL BUILDUP]

[PEACEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[PEACEFUL MUSIC STOPS]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

Are you all right?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I'm still leaving.

I wanted to say thank you,

for saving me.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]

Okay, well.

I hope your mother is still waiting for you.

And I hope your grandmother's all right.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

So, do you want to, come with me?

It would be good to have someone else to talk with,

to listen to.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

[HOPEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

When the mussel shell opens to feed,

it risks everything.

They're just shells.

[HOPEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

Who are you?

What do you want?

I don't know.

What do you want?

To be normal,

and have friends.

What?

You're a war god in a war.

Adults made me that for an adult's war.

Yes, so.

[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS]

Friends?

Friends.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[HORN CALL]

[MAN SHOUTING]

[MAN SHOUTING AND HORN CALL CONTINUE]

Who's the dying woman?

Come on, we need to go.

Wait.

What is it? We need to go!

The god. She's in the box.

Come, we need to go.

RIRO: We need to get into the fort.

[MEKA SHOUTING]

MEKA: I knew it.

Come here you.

Piece of shit! [MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES]

You're done now.

You stupid girl!

Meka, I didn't know a thing.

[MEN SHOUTING]

Meka!

[MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES]

Let's go!

Enter the fortress.

[MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES]

[MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES]

REWI: Hold.

Hold.

Don't waste your bullets yet.

[MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES]

[ALL CHANTING]

TE WHENUANUI: Listen now. Get ready.

BRITISH COMMANDER: On my command...

[ALL CHANTING]

KŌPŪ: Don't do it Meka.

You heard what the god said.

Chief!

You can't let Meka do this,

you heard the words of the god.

'Whoever harms the boy will be in danger'.

Mine is the glory of the first fish!

I have the first kill!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[CHANT CONTINUES]

KŌPŪ: Hear me. Come to me.

Te Paenga-o-te-Riri.

Awaken.

Hear me.

Rise up.

At the setting of the crescent moon,

the sun revealed his crimson face,

the raiding party will be victorious.

If you defend a fort, who is the raiding party?

You or the attackers?

Her words are all lies anyway.

KŌPŪ: Te Paenga-o-te-Riri.

Wake.

On that great day, as we strike at the heart of the enemy!

KŌPŪ: Wake.

[LOW RUMBLE]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

Protect me from evil!

[HORN CALL]

Positions get ready.

Ready, hold!

[MEN SHOUTING]

Outer line.

Fire!

Inner line.

Fire!

[GUNSHOTS]

Go back, you'll get shot!

Go back.

Haki!

Wake up!

Kōpū.

Hurry, wake up.

While Te Whenuanui is distracted.

We must leave! [HEAVY ARTILLERY]

No.

I'm not leaving. He's my friend and he needs me.

Huh, we'll have plenty more friends.

[GUNSHOT]

Stay here, I'm going to check the escape route.

[GUNSHOTS] [SHOUTING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES]

[HEAVY ARTILLERY CONTINUES]

[MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES]

[HEAVY ARTILLERY CONTINUES]

[SAND CRINKLING]

KŌPŪ: I don't want you anymore.

[HEAVY ARTILLERY CONTINUES]

REWI: Ready!

Fire!

KŌPŪ: Leave me.

I'm going to be free.

[HEAVY ARTILLERY CONTINUES]

[SINISTER TONE PLAYS]

[SINISTER TONE INTENSIFIES]

[EPIC MUSIC PLAYS]

BRITISH COMMANDER: Retreat.

[HORN CALL]

Retreat now!

[EPIC MUSIC CONTINUES]

REWI: Settle down. Settle.

Do not rejoice too much friends,

we have only parried the first dart.

[DISTANT MEN SHOUTING]

[EERIE MUSIC PLAYS]

RIRO: Quick, we are leaving now.

She's gone.

It's all gone.

RIRO: Bloody hell girl.

Nothing changes, you hear me?

We tell them all you're still a medium for the gods.

We have to go right now!

Don't ever forget.

You're mine!

MAN #2: Chief be careful, the god is angry.

If you hurt the boy,

I'll destroy you.

Just like I did Meka.

Take her to the pit.

[EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

PUKU: It’s still and quiet.

Too quiet.

HAKI: Stay low, I can still see some movement amongst the trees.

Where's the girl?

Grandad took her.

He had his gun pointed at her like this.

Is she alive?

PUKU: Why would you even worry about Creepy Kōpū?

MAN #3: Stay alert my friends.

Be ready.

What the hell are you doing back here?

PUKU: Please can we keep him Grandad?

Can he be my slave?

Sorry grandson,

this half-caste is too slippery.

Tie him up again.

Not too tight.

HAKI: Is the girl okay?

You bastard.

Come on boys.

We've got work to do.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

WI: Let us pray.

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

ALL: Amen.

WI: Hail Mary,

full of grace,

the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary,

mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now,

and at the hour of our death.

[UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYS]

WI: Pray for us sinners,

now,

and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

ALL: Amen.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[GUNSHOTS]

[PAPER RUSTLING]

Why do you pray to a white god?

He's not white, he's universal.

Huh? Universal?

I see no omens,

no apparitions,

no witchcraft.

Witchcraft?

You mean like your god medium?

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

[GUNSHOT] [MAN SCREAMING]

That guy is dead for sure.

East Coast?

Hold up.

I'll send more soon.

Can I help make bullets?

Is that alright?

Why would I care.

[MEN SHOUTING]

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

Do you want a drink?

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

[PAPER RUSTLING]

One gulp only!

[MEN SHOUTING]

[PAPER RUSTLING CONTINUES]

TE PAERATA: Hey not too fast.

You might embarrass your chief.

First of all, I'm not his chief.

Second of all,

how fast could he go if I break a few of his fingers.

Sir, I could show you how to do it better?

Don't worry about me.

Worry about your bloody self.

Like how about you explain what you did to my god-medium?

Nothing sir.

I don't even know her name.

Kōpū.

Her name's Kōpū.

What do you kids call her?

The other kids call her

Creepy.

Creepy Kōpū!

I was just traveling with my mother to see my grandmother.

Argh, enough telling us about your sick grandmother.

Shut your mouth slave!

One of my best warriors was killed because of you,

and killed using witchcraft!

[BABY CRYING]

What the!

See,

more witchcraft!

I knew I should have just killed her.

[REPETITIVE GUNSHOTS]

[BABY CRIES]

Not you.

You stay here, and make more bullets.

If I see you outside of this bunker,

I'll shoot you myself.

[BABY CRIES]

It’s okay.

Come here granddaughter.

[BABY CONTINUES CRYING]

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE] [SAND CRINKLES]

HINEPAU: Come inside, Tūrama.

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

We've been left with the half-caste,

who had sex with our medium.

No, I didn’t.

TŪRAMA: Yes!

I saw him the other day at the gathering.

HINEPAU: Probably no hair on his balls yet, but,

I suppose you can sort of see the attraction.

He looks like my son Jensen when he had pleurisy,

like a skinny white ghost.

Thank you Ma'am...

I’m honored to be compared to the son of a noble family.

Well said son, not too sweet, not too sour.

What are they saying?

This is not an easy time for lovers.

Ummm, yes.

ROPATA: My love,

we have more wounded.

Ewa and Doctor Hooper need your help.

Oh well.

Āue! The vicissitudes of war!

Excuse me Ma'am,

do you know what’s happened to the girl who saved me?

Her name’s Kōpū.

These superstitious Māori are scared-to-death

of your star-crossed lover.

But she yet lives.

Where is she?

ROPATA: So you're the one?

HAKI: Uh, hello.

TŪRAMA: Come my number two husband.

We have wounded to care for.

[ROPATA MUMBLES]

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

If you play your cards right,

you could be husband number three one day.

Did her first husband die?

No.

He's an old Dutch man in Whakatāne.

But that's the thing when you're a chieftainess,

you can have more than one husband.

You're a chieftainess too,

aren't you?

Yes mama. You could have two husbands.

One for the front and one for the back.

Jeez, no way!

Sounds bloody exhausting!

[GUNSHOT] [BABY CRYING]

Come on finish up.

You're all going to bed soon.

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

[CRICKET CHIRPING] [SNORING]

[GUNSHOT] [DIRT FALLING]

[INDISTINCT DISTANT CHATTER] [GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

[WOMAN CRYING]

[SNORING CONTINUES]

[WOMAN SINGING]

[CRICKETS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[WOMAN SINGING CONTINUES]

[SNORING CONTINUES]

[CRICKETS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[WOMAN SINGING CONTINUES]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

[WOMAN SINGING CONTINUES]

[WOMAN CRYING]

TURAMA: Look what they did to my beautiful Rōpata. My Love.

[WOMAN SINGING CONTINUES]

[WOMAN SINGING CONTINUES]

[KŌPŪ SINGING IN DISTANCE]

[WOMAN CRYING]

[DISTANT INDISTINCT CHATTER] [KŌPŪ SINGING CONTINUES]

REWI: Can you not hear?

Come. Sit.

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

Listen.

[MEN SHOUTING]

[KŌPŪ SINGING INTENSIFIES] ♪ A different world beckons. ♪

♪ Come friend, take my hand ♪

♪ and lead me to the new day. ♪

♪ So why do I feel so alone? ♪

Where is she, sir?

You see the dry well?

♪ Is that the first glow of dawn I see? ♪

Boy, what are you doing?

Wait.

She saved my life so I need to save hers.

You need to save her?

Really?

You need to because you want to?

Or you need to?

I don't understand?

Are you running to something?

Or away from something?

[FIRE CRACKLING]

Sir, can I ask you something?

Yes.

What if people think you're something,

but you're not?

[SAD MUSIC PLAYS]

Not what?

Not anything...

[DISTANT GUNSHOTS]

You're just empty and nothing.

[SAD MUSIC CONTINUES]

Then, I suppose,

we need to fill ourselves,

with the best of what others think of us,

until we're strong enough,

to go back and find who we really are.

Maybe being a good runner is enough for now.

Take this with you.

Careful with it.

The water will all be gone soon.

Are you ready?

[SAD MUSIC CONTINUES]

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

[GUNSHOTS] [SAD MUSIC STOPS]

What is it?

[MEN SHOUTING]

My relations from Tūwharetoa attempting to break through.

Hoping to reinforce us.

Now go.

Run!

[MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES]

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

[MEN SHOUTING AND CHANTING]

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

You save her?

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

Is that you, friend?

Yes. Are you okay?

Yes.

I brought some water.

Tie the cord around your wrist and I'll help pull you up.

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

I knew you'd come for me.

Someone's been watching me.

I've been singing to keep her away,

but I think she's still here.

Nobody's here. Just me.

Climb up.

What is it?

Is it the lizard?

Is it my mother?

It's nothing.

She lies to me all the time.

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYS]

Hurry, climb up.

There's no lizard.

When I hugged you,

I could see a woman.

She was hurt but she wanted to tell you something.

Stop!

Are you scared of me too?

What then?

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

You!

Shit!

What do you want, sister?

I'm done with your world of death and destruction.

Point your poisonous tongue somewhere else.

Quick, climb up.

You lied to me.

I'm trying to help you.

You're a liar like my mother.

Climb up! I just wanted to get you out faster.

I don't need your friendship.

Leave me alone.

Stay here and rot then!

[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS] [MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES]

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

[INTENSE MUSIC STOPS]

TE WHENUANUI: What did I tell you boy?

That you'd shoot me if you caught me outside of the bunker.

It was my fault.

I told him to try and get some water for the babies.

It's true, Grandad.

It's empty.

Here, hold Rau.

[BABY WHIMPERING]

[HEAVY ARTILLERY]

[BABY WHIMPERING CONTINUES]

We're running low on cartridges.

Get those fast hands to work again.

Father, how are we doing?

[SAD MUSIC PLAYS]

[DISTANT GUNSHOTS]

The reinforcements?

Turned back.

The English are too many.

It's her.

I can feel her witchcraft seeping up through the ground.

[TE WHENUANUI SHOUTS] [DARK MUSIC PLAYS]

[DARK MUSIC CONTINUES]

[LEAVES RUSTLING]

[DARK MUSIC CONTINUES]

TE WHENUANUI: She will have to be killed after

the sun rises.

Her spirit would be even more

powerful if she were killed at night.

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

[BABY WHIMPERING]

[DARK MUSIC CONTINUES]

[CANNON SHOT]

[CANNON EXPLOSION]

[DARK MUSIC STOPS]

SENTINEL: Be vigilant, stay alert!

Hey kids, let's play a game.

Come on, line up.

SENTINEL: The canons have been brought up.

Which one of you has the fastest hands?

Here you go.

For the cartridges.

Peach pits?

[CANNON SHOT]

[CANNON EXPLOSION]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

All out.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]

Red dawn.

Your grandfather won't like it.

[EERIE MUSIC PLAYS]

[EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES] [GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

HAKI: I should distribute the ammunition.

HINEPAU: No, you're not to leave my sight.

[CANNON EXPLOSION]

[MEN SHOUT]

Take Mohi with you.

Here, take this my boy.

[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

[BRITISH ARMY YELLING]

BRITISH COMMANDER: Fire!

[MEN SHOUTING]

[MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES] [EXPLOSION]

[MEN SHOUTING] [EXPLOSION]

[EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE]

HAKI: Go back to your grandfather.

Give him more bullets.

[MEN SHOUTING] [EXPLOSION]

[EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES]

TE WHENUANUI: Come and meet your end!

What are you doing?

That's my cousin!

Out of the way!

No.

There! Your cousin's going to kill Kōpū.

[HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

KŌPŪ: My cousin.

What has become of us?

That we kill our own with the weapons of our enemy?

[HOPEFUL MUSIC STOPS] [GUNSHOTS CONTINUES]

Let me stand in the light one more time.

[WIND BLOWING]

BRITISH COMMANDER: Ready. Fire!

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

[MAN GRUNTS]

I'm not going to hurt him.

[HORN PLAYING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

WILLIAM MAIR: Friends listen!

This is the word of the General.

Great is his admiration of your bravery.

Let the fighting cease.

Come out to us so your lives may be saved.

REWI: Friend,

I shall fight against you,

for ever...

REWI AND MEN: and ever, and ever!

[MEN SHOUTING]

That is all well for you men,

but it is not right that the women and children should die.

Let them come out.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

AHUMAI: Get fucked!

ALL: Fuck off!

Liar, slaughterer!

When you slaughtered us.

If our men are to die,

the women and children,

will die fighting also!

[MEN SHOUTING]

[DRAMATIC STINGER]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

Charge!

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES] [MEN SHOUTING]

KĀ: Eat shit!

Bastards!

[WIND OF THE CANNONBALL] [CANNONBALL EXPLOSION]

Everyone,

to the southern end of the fort.

Bring your guns and ammunition.

Move now.

TE WHENUANUI: So what the hell was that

"I will fight you for ever and ever and ever" about then?

A strategy,

to buy us some time to prepare for a breakout.

Why wasn't I consulted?

My friend, that's what I'm doing now.

My warriors are ready to fight to the death.

That's exactly what the British want,

a clear victory to confirm their dominion over Māori.

This British type of warfare

isn’t for us warriors,

who seek ancient glories,

but for our people to survive,

that our grandchildren may reap the seeds of hope for a new day.

At least let my men be the tip of the spear in the breakout,

so others might survive.

Thank you brother.

Son.

I failed her.

REWI: That's unfortunate.

She doesn't want to be friends with a liar.

Well then,

stop lying,

or lie better.

[HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

[HOPEFUL MUSIC STOPS]

BRITISH GUNNER #2: Fire!

[CANNONBALL EXPLOSION]

BRITISH GUNNER #3: Fire!

[MEN YELLING] [GUNSHOTS]

TURAMA: Hail young Eros.

My Ropata is dead...

I should walk the lands of my father one more time.

[MEN YELLING CONTINUES] [GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]

[EERIE MUSIC PLAYS]

[GUNSHOTS STOP]

[EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES]

Greetings dear.

Which way do you want to go?

There's food, water, clothes and prosperity

that way, if you want them?

Oh well,

pain, poverty and struggle without end it is.

BRITISH COMMANDER: Load.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

HAKI: Come, we need to leave.

Come too!

No, I need to find my daughter.

BRITISH GUNNER: Fire!

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

Father,

have you seen my daughter?

Have you seen Ewa?

I’m sorry.

Is she still alive?

I'm sorry.

She is dead!

Pray with me sister.

From whence come wars and fightings among you?

Come they not hence?

Ye kill, and desire to have,

yet cannot obtain.

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries

that shall come upon you.

Your riches are corrupted,

and your garments are moth-eaten.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

And the rest of them shall be a witness against you

and eat your flesh as it’s like fire.

Behold, as in a day of slaughter.

Ye have condemned and killed the just;

and yet he doth not resist you.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES]

REWI: Hold fast!

REWI: Together!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES]

REWI: Go!

Bind close!

Bind close!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES]

REWI: Form together, the head of the spear!

Rise up!

Rise up!

TE WHENUANUI: Forward!

Advance!

[MEN SHOUTING]

REWI: Bind close!

Stay together for as long as we can!

We move as one!

HAKI: Quick! Follow me!

KŌPŪ: What are you doing?

We need to get to the kids,

and keep them safe.

[MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES]

You?

Shoot them!

You take the children.

Go.

Go!

MOHI: Mama!

MOHI: Mama!

Go.

Just go.

I'll catch you up.

[MEN SHOUTING CONTINUES]

[HORSES NEIGHING]

REWI: The column is split.

O Lord,

save us and visit not this sin upon us.

Lay down, go.

Enough of these white man’s prayers.

I face you,

I warn you,

I subdue you,

remain where you are,

while I fly,

like a bird,

rising high towards the heavens.

Give power to these words!

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

HAKI: No!

Hold on my boy. Be brave.

Thank you.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[HORSES NEIGHING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES]

[DIRT CRUMBLING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES]

KŌPŪ: Haki.

We’ve got to go.

[OMINOUS TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

[OMINOUS TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

[OMINOUS TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[OMINOUS TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[OMINOUS TENSE MUSIC STOPS]

Kids come here.

Quiet now.

Stay close together.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[BABY WHIMPERING]

Will your mother be near?

Are you going to look for her?

Or was that a lie too?

You can't leave us though aye?

I would never do that.

[BABY WHIMPERING]

[HORSES GRUNT]

You and the kids stay here.

What're you doing?

Lying better.

Private Morgan present, Sir.

TAYLOR: Is that you Jacky-boy?

Yes Sir. Present, Sir.

TAYLOR: Crikey son...

Where have you been? We’d given you up for dog tucker.

I was captured by the Māori rebels Sir.

I’ve just managed to escape.

TAYLOR: Well done young soldier.

Climb aboard.

[WIND BLOWING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[FOOTSTEPS]

[BABY COOING]

MOHI: What's happening?

WAIARO: Why are you talking to her?

We’re not allowed to talk to Creepy.

MOHI: Her name's Kōpū,

not Creepy!

We can talk to her now. [BABY COOING]

WAIARO: Grandad told me,

she's the reason everything went wrong.

Is my mama dead?

[BABY COOING CONTINUES]

Are we going to die too? [BABY COOING CONTINUES]

MOHI: No, of course not.

Kōpū isn’t alone anymore.

She’ll look after us.

She's our friend,

our family.

[BABY COOING CONTINUES]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES] [BABY COOING CONTINUES]

♪ Clear the sky, make it clear. ♪

[BOTH SINGING] ♪ Clear the sky, make it clear. ♪

♪ Make the rain stop, let the sun shine. ♪

♪ Make the rain stop, let the sun shine. ♪

♪ Fly kingfisher. ♪

♪ Fly kingfisher. ♪

♪ Onto the puwharawhara plant. ♪

♪ Before the rain fills it and you drown. ♪

♪ Before the rain fills it and you drown. ♪

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

DANIEL: Sir. Sergeant?

TAYLOR: A real eye opener, Sir.

Our number one ammunition loader back from the dead.

DANIEL: Thank Christ.

What happened? Huh?

Where have you been?

I was captured while we were encamped.

That’s three weeks ago.

They marched me across country with the other slaves.

One of them tried to kill me as a sacrifice but he was shot.

Good boy.

ADJUTANT: Sir.

The old Sir Henry Morgan spirit in you.

ADJUTANT: Sir.

Yes in a moment.

After losing your mother and sister and then

beyond all hope you come back to me boy.

I’ve been scared Papa.

I know, I know.

I’ve been scared too.

Thank you, Sir.

And Jack, welcome home.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

BRITISH SOLDIER: Eyes peeled, torches up, keep looking.

[FROGS CHIRPING]

BRITISH SOLDIER: Ooh yeah. Keep an eye out boys...

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[METAL CLANKING]

[HORSES NEIGHING]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Ugh, there he is, Jack Morgan.

My boy.

And how he escaped the cannibal pot?

[DANIEL LAUGHING]

You sure you don’t wanna go out on the hunt with the men?

To see if you can find some of them Māoris who mistreated you.

I understand.

You know,

there was a time when I thought you might

have deserted your post,

ran out on me.

Especially after what happened in Rangiaowhia.

War is a short and brutal path to manhood.

When terrible calamity strikes,

all that is left us is to strive to recreate order.

Lest we be overwhelmed

by darkness

and mayhem.

What if we are the mayhem,

the darkness?

No.

You are a fine young man,

and a beloved son.

And if it wasn’t for this bloody native rebellion your mother

and your sister would be still with us.

No.

You were the one making them stay

in the army stockage with us.

Wanting her close. Wanting all of us close.

That’s why they died.

How long have I endured your silent accusation.

We will put these bad days behind us.

And you can rid yourself of your mother’s stories,

of gentle grandmother is in a far away

beautiful place who will make things right.

It is just a fairy tale.

Because everything is right.

Here

and now!

[HORSES NEIGHING CONTINUES]

[EERIE MUSIC PLAYS]

And if anyone should ever try to take you from me again,

I will hunt them down til the end of this Earth.

And I will slaughter

every heathen man, woman and child amongst them.

You are all I have left of her boy.

[EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES]

BOY #1: Please.

Please make it stop! [WOMAN SCREAMING]

[EERIE MUSIC STOPS]

Kōpū.

Mohi.

Mohi.

Waiaro.

Haki.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

I want to stop hiding,

and be honest, but I’ve been hiding so long.

I saw your mother drinking with the soldiers.

[HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

I've chosen my family.

[HOPEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

PUKU: Holy heck,

couldn't you find a Māori horse?

This one's going to stand out like dog's balls.

[ALL LAUGHING]

[UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYS]

[UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES] [BIRDS CHIRPING]

[UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES] [BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

HAKI: This is my mother.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

KŌPŪ: That was her that I saw in the vision, yeah?

Her beautiful face all damaged?

What's her name?

HAKI: Ripeka.

She died two years ago along with my baby sister.

And your father's a soldier?

HAKI: Yes.

When they married,

he tried his hand at farming,

but he was a much better soldier than a farmer.

So when the war started he went back to the army.

Mama wanted to take baby up north,

but papa wanted them close by.

He said the stockade would be safe,

but while we were chasing the Māori King's warriors.

They doubled back,

and attacked the stockade.

They were shooting through the walls.

They wouldn't have known my mother was there,

and our baby.

After that,

papa changed,

everything changed.

Mama would have known what to do to make him better.

She always knew,

what to say to make you feel all right,

make you feel loved.

[BIRDS CHIRPING STOPS] [WIND BLOWING]

Where was she from?

She was captured by a northern tribe when she was a girl,

and grew up as a slave in Northland.

WAIARO: So you don't know where your real tribe is from?

Mama used to sing this to me about her home.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

♪ Your stone ♪

♪ teeth grinding. ♪

♪ Your cool ♪

♪ words flowing. ♪

♪ Your dark, bent arms ♪

♪ give shelter. ♪

♪ You are Manahou, ♪

♪ the well spring of my love, ♪

♪ that will never run dry! ♪

PUKU: Manahou.

We went through a place called Manahou,

on the way to the war.

It's close.

With hills overlooking a lake?

PUKU: Yes.

Let's go to Manahou,

to find your grandmother.

And get help for Puku.

Yes!

My father said that if I run away again,

he would hunt me down,

and kill everyone that separated me from him.

He would do that?

[HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

Once we get Puku help,

I can't be with you anymore.

[HOPEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

That's it, Manahou.

It's just like I thought it would be.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

HAKI: I'm leaving with Puku.

What about us?

You need to carry on.

No, we must stay together.

You have to get the other kids as far away from me as you can.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

I hope your grandmother is there.

Maybe if you plant them they'll grow.

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

RIPEKA: Never lose your gentle Māori spirit my son.

[RIPEKA CRYING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC STOPS]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] [EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYS]

MOHI: Kōpū,

what's the matter?

Stay here with the kids.

Keep out of sight.

What's the matter?

I don't know.

HAKI: Not long now Puku,

there'll be people here that can help.

Good people I reckon. Loving people.

[BIRDS CHIRPING] [EMOTIONAL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[PEOPLE YELLING]

BOY #1: Make it stop.

DANIEL: Jack.

Stop the pain!

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC FADES]

HAKI: Puku.

Puku.

No, not you.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Please forgive me.

[HAKI CRYING]

It is my fault.

Puku.

Haki!

[HAKI CRYING CONTINUES]

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYS]

I saw your mother.

I saw you too.

I heard what she said.

I’m not a good person.

I’m not a good son.

It's not your fault. [GUNSHOT]

No!

Stop! I'll come, I'll come.

I’m sorry papa. Please.

We need to go.

I burnt people alive!

I shot a helpless boy!

I'm the same as him.

No you're not!

I feel your mother's gentle Māori spirit in you.

I love you my friend.

The kids and I need you.

We can start a new life.

[GRASS RUSTLING]

No!

Quick, there's no time,

the soldiers are close.

TE WHENUANUI: You!

No.

Grandad.

Wait.

[TE WHENUANUI GRIEVING]

My grandson,

my little Puku,

my little Puku boy!

You witch,

it's all your fault!

You said your guns were too heavy to carry home.

How heavy is the body of your grandchild?

If it weren't for Kōpū,

you'd be carrying the bodies of these ones as well.

There's our enemy!

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYS]

Maybe I've misjudged you.

Only one soldier?

No. There's probably more.

[TE WHENUANUI CRYING]

Puku.

[TE WHENUANUI CRYING]

Get on the horse, boy. Leave the girl.

Your coming with me.

Her name is Kōpū.

I won’t abandon her.

She's a true friend.

Really?

Your friend?

She wants to offer you one last chance.

Puku.

She helped me found my grandmother.

To once again be the man my mother loved.

The Maori ways are done, boy.

You are coming with me.

Do not defy me. [INTENSE MUSICAL BUILDUP]

Don't defy me, Jack.

Jack.

Go! Take the children, use that horse as well.

[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

Son of a bitch.

[INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MEN GRUNTING]

[INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MEN GRUNTING CONTINUES]

[INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

My son.

[INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[BLADE SLASHING]

[INTENSE MUSIC STOPS]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

KŌPŪ: What if,

your grandmother was from Te Urewera?

Her song,

I think her song's about a little river.

Its stones,

its sound,

its twists and turns.

♪ You are Mangahou. ♪

♪ The well spring of my love. ♪

♪ That will never run dry. ♪

♪ That will never run dry. ♪

MOHI: Yes.

Manga-hou, the spring fed stream,

not Manahou!

There's a tiny place on the border of our forest,

called Mangahou

so maybe.

[BOTH SINGING] ♪ Your stone teeth grinding. ♪

♪ Your cool words flowing. ♪

♪ Your dark, bent arms ♪

♪ give shelter. ♪

♪ Your stone teeth grinding. ♪

♪ Your cool words flowing. ♪

[BIRDS CHIRPING] [UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ Your stone teeth grinding. ♪

♪ Your cool words flowing. ♪

♪ Your dark, bent arms ♪

♪ give shelter. ♪

♪ Your stone teeth grinding. ♪

♪ Your cool words flowing. ♪

[BIRDS CHIRPING] [UPLIFTING MUSIC]

[INDISTINCT SINGING]

[HAKI'S GRANDMOTHER CRYING]

[UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES]

[HAKI'S GRANDMOTHER CRYING]

[UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES]

[UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES]

[UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES]

[UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES]

[UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES]

"HOLD ON TO THE DREAM" BY LIBERMAN AND OTHERS PLAYS]

[IN MĀORI] ♪ Hold on. ♪

♪ Hold on to the dream. ♪

♪ Hold on. ♪

♪ Until we are free. ♪

♪ Take me to my mountain. ♪

♪ Walk me to my river. ♪

♪ Hold me in my dream. ♪

♪ We will fight forever. ♪

♪ Forever and ever. ♪

♪ Until we are free. ♪

[IN ENGLISH] ♪ Hold on. ♪

♪ Hold on to the dream. ♪

♪ Hold on. ♪

♪ Until we are free. ♪

♪ Take me to my mountain. ♪

♪ Walk me to my river. ♪

♪ Hold me in my dream. ♪

[IN MĀORI] ♪ We will fight forever. ♪

[IN ENGLISH] ♪ We will fight forever. ♪

♪ Until we are free. ♪

♪ Until we are free. ♪

[MELODIC HUMMING TO PEACEFUL MUSIC]

♪ Take me to my mountain. ♪

♪ Walk me to my river. ♪

♪ Hold me in my dream. ♪

[IN MĀORI] ♪ We will fight forever. ♪

[IN ENGLISH] ♪ We will fight forever. ♪

♪ Until we are free. ♪

♪ Take me to my mountain. ♪

♪ Walk me to my river. ♪

♪ Hold me in my dream. ♪

[IN MĀORI] ♪ We will fight forever. ♪

[IN ENGLISH] ♪ We will fight forever. ♪

♪ Until we are free. ♪

♪ Take me to my mountain. ♪

♪ Walk me to my river. ♪

♪ Hold me in my dream. ♪

[IN MĀORI] ♪ We will fight forever. ♪

[IN ENGLISH] ♪ We will fight forever. ♪

♪ Until we are free. ♪

♪ Until we are free. ♪

"HOLD ON TO THE DREAM" BY LIBERMAN AND OTHERS STOPS]

[SACRED MĀORI POEM]

[SACRED MĀORI POEM CONTINUES]

[SACRED MĀORI POEM CONTINUES]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[SACRED MĀORI POEM CONTINUES]

[BIRDS CHIRPING CONTINUES]

["TE ARIKI" BY TĀNE WIKITŌRIA PLAYS]

[SACRED MĀORI SONG]

[SACRED MĀORI SONG CONTINUES]

[SACRED MĀORI SONG CONTINUES]

[SACRED MĀORI SONG CONTINUES]

[SACRED MĀORI SONG CONTINUES]

[SACRED MĀORI SONG CONTINUES]

[SACRED MĀORI SONG CONTINUES]

[SACRED MĀORI SONG CONTINUES]

[SACRED MĀORI SONG CONTINUES]

[SACRED MĀORI SONG CONTINUES]

[SACRED MĀORI SONG CONTINUES]

[SACRED MĀORI SONG CONTINUES]

["TE ARIKI" BY TĀNE WIKITŌRIA STOPS]

[PEACEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYS]

[PEACEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[PEACEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[PEACEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[PEACEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[PEACEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[PEACEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[PEACEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES]

[PEACEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FADES]

[SILENCE]