October 29 Table Read

AssiMilAtioN (feature) written by Michael Kramer

LOGLINE: Haunted by loss, a marine scientist returns to Kaikōura. After a seismic disturbance, the ecosystem is destabilised and he is drawn toward a mysterious deep-sea presence, which is blamed for the disappearance of the resident whales. He forms an unlike alliance with a Māori knowledge holder and uncovers a truth beyond science, just as a powerful outsider moves in to expose it; forcing a choice that could cost him everything.