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In the Fire of War

Directed by Mike Jonathan

R

2024 1h 54mAction, Adventure,

6.7

Set in New Zealand in 1864, follows the story of a crucial conflict of the nation's first land warfare, fought between Maori and colonial soldiers against insurmountable odds.

Cast of In the Fire of War

Temuera MorrisonRewi Maniapoto
Paku FernandezHaki
Hinerangi Harawira-NicholasKopu
Jason FlemyngDaniel Morgan
Cliff CurtisWi Toka
Te Wakaunua Te KurapaTe Whenuanui
Miriama SmithHine-i-Turama
Tuwhanauroa RangihauMohi
Matia MitaiKa
Ria PakiHinepau
Hiwa Maiio WaereaBaby Rau
Taaroto TuapikiWaiaro
Kataraina Howden-BorellRiro
Ninakaye TaanetinorauRipeka
Matariki WhatarauRopata
Jack BarrySergeant Taylor
Naatana MikaPuku
Te Rawhitiroa BoschWilliam Mair
Whiu TomikaHitiri Te Paerata
Ngahuia KopaTe Ahumai
Jamus WebsterSentinel
Kararaina RangihauHaki's Nanny
Te Awarua AnastaBurning Boy
Meri CurtisEwa
Luke DunnDr Hooper
Isabella Te Aranae Gerlinde HawkinsHaki's Baby Sister
Mike JonathanDirector
Tim WorrallWriter
Piripi CurtisProducer
Thomas Toby ParkinsonProducer

In the Fire of War Ratings & Reviews

Kevin WardJune 30, 2025
Reminded me of Apocalypto in a lot of ways—not for its action, but for its spirit of Indigenous resistance. Ka Whawhai Tonu: Struggle Without End recounts the 1864 siege of Ōrākau, when Māori tribes united in a final stand against British forces in colonial New Zealand. It's a powerful story of courage, identity, and self-preservation. The filmmaking itself feels like an extension of that continued cultural resistance. Told entirely in te reo Māori, filmed on location, and utilizing Māori descendant actors and filmmakers where possible. Temuera Morrison and Cliff Curtis lend star power, but it’s Paku Fernandez, in his magnetic debut, who anchors much of the film's latter half.

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