Rain of the Children 2008

In Rain of the Children, Ward further explores the subject of his earlier film, In Spring One Plants Alone when, as a young film student he travelled to the Ureweras and documented the lives of an elderly Māori woman (Puhi) and her schizophrenic son (Niki).

On location

The cast

Rena Owen Puhi

Temuera Morrison Rua

Taungaroa Emile Toko

Vincent Ward Self

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Kevin Boynton Nino

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Ray Pomare Clarke

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Kimikimi Mane Whatu

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