Ahi Kā

Left alone with just her spiritual guides, a young girl upholds the prestige and sovreignty of the tribe in order to protect the land for generations to come. Due to her brave deeds, she is immortalised forever.

Ahi Kā is based on actual events that took place on lake Rotoiti in the Bay of Plenty in the early 1900’s. It is a personal story about the Director’s grandmother (Taipapaki Curtis) a full blooded Maori from the Te Arawa tribe, Rotorua. She was given the responsibility to protect the land and prevent it from falling into crown hands.