Five years have passed and Jake has turned his back on his family. He's still up to his usual tricks in McClutchy's Bar, unaware, as he downs his latest opponent, that his eldest son, Nig, has died in a gang fight. The uncomfortable family reunion at Nig's funeral sparks a confrontation with second son, Sonny, and sets Jake and Sonny on a downward spiral.
Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.
19世纪30年代到达英国殖民地的非宗教传教士。他发现自己正处于毛利部落之间的血腥战争中,他的暴力过去很快就受到质疑,他的信仰也受到了考验。士兵转行为传教士的门罗(Munro)来到新西兰,意图传教给最初的英国殖民者,但却被强大的酋长麦阿努伊(Maianui)所感化,从而为另一种目的效力。