''To Love a Maori'' is a 1972 New Zealand film about an interracial romance. It was the seventh and last feature from

Rudall Hayward Rudall Charles Victor Hayward (4 July 1900 – 29 May 1974) was a pioneer New Zealand filmmaker from the 1920s to the 1970s, who directed seven feature films and numerous others. Biography Hayward was born in Wolverhampton, England, and died i ...

Synopsis

Two young Maori men, Tama and Riki move to Auckland. They then face racial discrimination, especially Tama, when he associates with Penny a

Pākehā ''Pākehā'' (or ''Pakeha''; ; ) is a Māori language, Māori-language word used in English, particularly in New Zealand. It generally means a non-Polynesians, Polynesian New Zealanders, New Zealander or more specifically a European New Zeala ...

whose parents strongly object.

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* 1972 films 1970s New Zealand films New Zealand drama films 1970s English-language films Films set in New Zealand Films about interracial romance Films about Māori people {{NewZealand-film-stub