Rewi's Last Stand

Rewi's Last Stand is the title of two feature films written and directed by pioneering New Zealand filmmaker Rudall Hayward: a 1925 silent movie, and a 1940 remake with sound. They are historical dramas, based on the last stand of Rewi Maniapoto at the Battle of Ōrākau.

Rewi's Last Stand
Directed byRudall Hayward
Written byRudall Hayward
Starring
  • Charles Alexis
  • Nola Casselli
  • Wightman McCombe
Release date
  • 1925 (1925)
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

Hayward believed that New Zealand's history offered material as dramatic as any Hollywood western. He set out to make films involving conflicts between Māori and Pākehā "while there were still people alive" who remembered the period accurately.

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