Hana Pera Aoake

I saw the mountain erupt (2023)

3 min 38 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Silent

Thinking through Morgan Godfery's 2017 personal essay I saw the mountain erupt: A Kawerau childhood, this film considers the deep histories of maunga, geology and awa through the resilience of the local tuna (eels).

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