Directing

Merata Mita

Born 1942-06-19 in Maketu, New Zealand

Merata Mita, CNZM was a New Zealand actress and filmmaker, as well as a key figure in the growth of the Māori screen industry. Mita was from the Māori tribes of Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāi Te Rangi.

Movies and TV shows

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

2016

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

2019

Utu

1984

Making Utu

1983

Kaleidoscope

1987

Kinleith '80

1983

Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

1999