It was billed as "The first big dramatic work filmed and acted in the land of the Moa". Plot The film told the Māori legend of Hinemoa and Tutanekai. No prints are known to have survived. Production The £50 budget was funded by Edward Anderson, of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce The film was shot on location around Rotorua in only 8 days. All the cast members were drawn from the Reverend F.A. Bennett's Māori choir. Legacy The film opened at the Lyric Theatre, Auckland during the first week of World War I, and performed well. It then toured the country and was later exhibited overseas. The promotional image of Hinemoa featured on the 40c stamp of the New Zealand Post 1996 "Centenary of New Zealand Cinema" stamp issue. The New Zealand Film Archive lists in its holdings tape of an undated radio interview with George Tarr and Hera Tawhai Rodgers about the making of the film.
It was billed as "The first big dramatic work filmed and acted in the land of the Moa". Plot
 The film told the Māori legend of Hinemoa and Tutanekai. No prints are known to have survived. Production
 The £50 budget was funded by Edward Anderson, of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce
 The film was shot on location around Rotorua in only 8 days. All the cast members were drawn from the Reverend F.A. Bennett's Māori choir. Legacy
 The film opened at the Lyric Theatre, Auckland during the first week of World War I, and performed well. It then toured the country and was later exhibited overseas. The promotional image of Hinemoa featured on the 40c stamp of the New Zealand Post 1996 "Centenary of New Zealand Cinema" stamp issue. The New Zealand Film Archive lists in its holdings tape of an undated radio interview with Annabella Tarr and Hera Tawhai Rodgers about the making of the film.