australian television information archive

Greenstone

Devised by: Greg McGee, Dean Parker, Stephen Lowe
Producer: Robin Scholes
Associate Producer: Don Selwyn

Aired: 1999

Maori Princess Marama struggles with her love for two Pakeha (European) colnists, one an English lord and one a gun-runner, during the maori was against each other for 'utu' (revenge) inflamed by the relentless tide of settlers and attacks by British troops in 1800's New Zealand. From the makers of 'Once Were Warriors', Greenstone presents the epic story of the bloody collision of two races against impossible odds.