‘The Haka Party Incident’ and ‘Tinā’ Coming to Local Cinemas Soon
2025 is kicking off strong with feature films The Haka Party Incident and Tinā coming soon to cinemas across the motu.
The Haka Party Incident, a documentary by Katie Wolfe (DEGANZ), hits theatres across Aotearoa in late January with Tinā, edited by fellow member Luke Haigh, screening locally just a month later.
Read more about the films and check out their trailers below.
The Haka Party Incident
Writer, Director, and Producer: Katie Wolfe
On May 1st 1979, a group of young Māori and Pasifika activists, He Taua, confronted a gathering of University of Auckland engineering students as they rehearsed a mock ‘haka’ for their annual capping stunt. The fracas that followed prompted the nation to confront systemic racism and begin to make change for a better and more equal partnership between Pākehā and Māori.
Tinā
Editor: Luke Haigh
When grief-stricken Mareta takes a substitute teaching role at an elite prep school, she forms a choir to unite the privileged yet disconnected students. As they prepare for an all-school competition, her passion for life reignites, transforming her students forever in this rousing crowd-pleaser.
The film won the Best Narrative Feature Audience Award at Palm Springs at the beginning of the year.
Last updated on 23 January 2025
