Cousins (PG, 98 mins) Directed by Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace-Smith ****½ As the final frames of this lovingly crafted drama unspool, there’s a dedication to three Māori women – Merata Mita, Irihapeti Ramsden and Nancy Brunning. Mita was the pioneering Māori film-maker who first wanted to turn Patricia Grace’s 1992 novel into a movie. Ramsden was a nurse, anthropologist and writer who worked to improve health outcomes for Māori people. And Brunning was the influential actor, writer and director who surely would have been a part of this project had cancer not taken her before her time in late 2019.