A Cook Islands film-maker made a documentary on Rarotonga's mountains after watching the Kānaka Maoli protest the construction of the $US1.4 billion telescope on top of a Hawaiian mountain three years ago.
We know from mining land-based sources that it's a practice where there's no respect for the relationships between people, the land and ocean, no balance or re-setting of actions, says Liam Kokaʻua.