To Love a Maori

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To Love a Maori
Directed by Rudall Hayward
Ramai Hayward
Written byDiane Francis
Ramai Hayward
Rudall Hayward
Produced byRudall Hayward
Ramai Hayward
StarringVal Irwin
Marie Searell
Sybil Locke
CinematographyAlton Francis
Edited byAlton Francis
Rudall Hayward
Music byRay Gunter
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

To Love a Maori is a 1972 New Zealand film about an interracial romance. It was the seventh and last feature from Rudall Hayward. [1]

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References

  1. Shelton, L. R. (1998). "Hayward, Rudall Charles Victor". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Retrieved 6 January 2023.