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EVER THE LAND explores the sublime bond between people and their land through a landmark architectural undertaking by one of New Zealand's most passionately independent Maori tribes, Ngai Tuhoe.

EVER THE LAND explores the sublime bond between people and their land through a landmark architectural undertaking by one of New Zealands most passionately independent Maori tribes, Ngai Tuhoe. For the past 150 years, the relationship between the Tuhoe Maori tribe and the New Zealand government has been defined by longstanding grievances over severe colonisation experiences such as illegal land confiscations and the devastating consequences of scorched earth policies. Then, in 2013 history was made: Tuhoe's ancestral homelands were returned, the New Zealand government gave an official apology and Tuhoe built the first ever "Living Building" in NZ, conceived as a testament to their values and vision of self-governance. The new building is the binding character in this observational documentary that immerses us in a culture that is tightly woven into its land and an architecture that is defined by its intergrity to it.