This screening is followed by a pre-recorded Q&A with director Sarah Grohnert.
In 2014 when ancestral homelands were returned, the Government gave an official apology, and Tūhoe built the first ever ‘Living Building’ in Aotearoa. We follow Aotearoa’s most fiercely independent tribe as they invite us into the gentle ebb and flow of Tūhoe life.
Made under strict sustainability certification as part of the internationally recognised Living Building Challenge, Te Wharehou o Tūhoe is both a mammoth undertaking to watch unfold and a potent symbol of the Ngāi Tūhoe philosophy.
Framed against ongoing negotiations with the Government, which culminated in the Crown’s historic apology and settlement last year, Grohnert’s film extols the resolute spirit of a people wounded by shameful acts of injustice, but doggedly persistent in preserving the integrity of land, culture and community. With an astute, finely tuned sensibility for people and practices, Ever the Land offers intimate access to the build of this landmark project, whilst evoking the profound principles it represents with a supple grace.
