A collection of short documentaries and experimental works exploring the connection between Māori art and the land. Presented in association with the Wairoa Film Festival Including: Te Rā, Karen Sidney (6 min) About the challenge issued by Te Rangi Hiroa, for Maori to recreate the woven sail kept at the British Museum. Reconnect, Sarah Hudson (10 min) Explores practicing gestures of ceremony to reconnect the geological genealogies. Whirlflow, Kathleen Mantel (5 min), A surrealistic arc blazes over west Auckland, leaving a trail of images, ideas and dreams. Biolumin Moe Clark, Victoria Hunt (5 min) An experimental examination of threshold states (nudity). The Politics of Toheroa Soup Tiana Trego Hall (7 min) A pūkōrero about whānau, kai. He Ōhākī - Imparting Words of Wisdom, Kararaina Rangihau (10 min) Centuries of Tūhoe wisdom are illuminated by Kararaina Rangihau. Mauri Tu, Mauri Ora, Daniel Nathan (24 min) Hokia te waoku kia purea ai - Return to the forest and be restored. The above seven films are all Official Selection to the Wairoa Māori Film Festival 2023, which had to be postponed due to Cyclone Gabrielle. Wairoa Māori Film Festival thanks the Govett Brewster Len Lye for the opportunity to screen these films to audiences. Mauri Ora! Total run time: 67 min.