The Te Kooti Trail [SEP] country of origin
The Te Kooti Trail
The Te Kooti Trail is a 1927 New Zealand film. It premiered at the Strand Theatre, Auckland on 17 November 1927 and was billed as New Zealand’s "greatest production".
Adapted from a newspaper serial written by Frank Bodle, "The Te Kooti Trail" was based on the account of the sacking of Mill Farm at Te Poronu related in volume 2 of James Cowan’s "The New Zealand Wars". Rudall Hayward was fascinated by what he called "our rough-hewn story
had as few as 100 men. Te Kooti slipped out of Tapapa as the force arrived, and on 24 January the government forces seized and burned the deserted village. Early the next morning Te Kooti launched a surprise raid on the military camp, with each side losing about four men before te Kooti was driven off. Although Te Keepa managed to recapture about 100 of the horses Te Kooti had been using, the government party lost the trail of the skilled guerrilla fighter.
On 3 February 1870 there was one more skirmish