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Tina tells the story of a Polynesian teacher in an elite private school who challenges the status quo when she establishes a ...
Director of the NZ Youth Choir, David Squire, and young bass-baritone singer Tim Evans chat about working on the hit Kiwi film.
Where we don’t see race any more, we just reach out if somebody is in need.” Mareta Percival, the face and heart of Tinā, sees the world this way. Played by Anapela Polataivao (The Rule of ...
The film, shot in Christchurch, follows Mareta Percival, a mother grappling with loss after her daughter died in the devastating Christchurch earthquakes. Taking on the role of a substitute ...
But I [introduce racism] as comic moments to say 'Yes, we went through that." When Samoan teacher Mareta Percival (Anapela Polataivao) wears a traditional brightly-coloured dress to work ...
The New Zealand Film Commission announced today the heartwarming drama, now in its seventh week of screening in Aotearoa, has made $5,030,777 at the box office to date, off the back of 321,952 tickets ...
Tinā follows the journey of Mareta Percival, a Samoan teacher struggling with grief after losing her daughter in the Christchurch earthquakes. Reluctantly taking on a substitute teaching role at ...