 The first film Geoff Murphy directed was a freewheeling adaptation of the story of Uenuku and his lover, the mist maiden, in 1974.It was the first TV drama to be entirely performed in te reo ("The Listener" magazine softened viewers by providing a translation prior to screening).According to the legends of the people of the "Aotea" canoe, Hoimatua sent his little son Potikiroroa to give part of a burnt offering to the ariki, Uenuku.