Ever The Land

Ever The Land explores the sublime bond between people and their land through a landmark undertaking of design and construction by one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most passionately independent Maori tribes; Ngai Tuhoe. For the past 150 years, longstanding grievances and scorthed earth policies have defined the relationship between Tuhoe and the New Zealand government. Then, in 2014 history was made: Te Urewera, Tuhoe's ancestral homelands were returned, the New Zealand government gave an official apology, and Tuhoe built the first ever "Living Building" in Aotearoa. Conceived as a testament to Ngai Tuhoe values and vision of self-governance, the new building is the binding character in this observational documentary. Its creation immerses us in a culture of people closely entwined with the land, and an