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)

Cast

Grant Tilly

Mr Finch

Wi Kuki Kaa

Tiare

Nancy Brunning

Rose

Taika Waititi

Vietnam Soldier

Sydney Larkins

Hineata

Greg Matetaka

Young Tiare

Geoff Karena

Manu