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Rewi's Last Stand
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Wikipedia article
'Rewi's Last Stand' is the title of two feature films directed by pioneering New Zealand filmmaker Rudall Hayward: a 1925 silent movie, and 1940 remake with sound. They are historical dramas, based on the last stand of Rewi Maniapoto at the Battle of rkau.[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/war-in-waikato/battle-of-orakau The Battle of Orakau] at New Zealand History
Hayward believed that New Zealand's history offered material as dramatic as any Hollywood western. He set out to make films involving conflicts between Mori and Pkeh "while there were still people alive" who remembered the period accurately.[http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/4h22/1 L. R. Shelton. 'Hayward, Rudall Charles Victor - Biography', from the 'Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand', updated 1-Sep-10] accessed 22 November 2012
1940 Remake
In 1940 Rudall Hayward remade his second feature on a more ambitious scale, this time with sound. He cast his future wife Ramai Hayward in the romantic lead.
The 1940 remake was released in a shortened version in the United Kingdom, as 'The Last Stand'. The shortened version is the only one surviving.[http://www.ngataonga.org.nz/blog/archiving-practice/the-last-stand/ 'THE LAST STAND' at ARCHIVING PRACTICE, FILM, NZ HISTORY] accessed 5 August 2016
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