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Merata Mita

Director, Writer, Producer [Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāi Te Rangi]

 Merata Mita

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Merata Mita

A passionate advocate for Māori creative control, late director Merata Mita documented some of the most controversial events of Aotearoa’s last fifty years. Mita’s work includes Patu!, a documentary on the 1981 Springbok tour. Her 1988 drama Mauri remains only the second fiction feature directed by a Māori woman. 

Swimming against the tide becomes an exhilarating experience. It makes you strong. I am completely without fear now. 
 
 

Screenography

Screenography
 Role/s
 50 Years of New Zealand Television - Episode One

50 Years of New Zealand Television - Episode One

Subject

2010

 Boy

Boy

Co-Producer

2010

 Kete Aronui - Merata Mita

Kete Aronui - Merata Mita

Subject

2007

 The Land Has Eyes

The Land Has Eyes

Executive Producer

2004

 Hotere

Hotere

Director
Writer
Producer

2001

 Rangatira: Merata Mita - Making Waves

Rangatira: Merata Mita - Making Waves

Subject

1998

 Saving Grace

Saving Grace

Director

1997

 Witi Ihimaera

Witi Ihimaera

Interviewer
Consultant Producer

1997

 The Dread

The Dread

Director
Writer

1996

 The Shooting of Dominick Kaiwhata

The Shooting of Dominick Kaiwhata

Director

1993

 Mana Waka

Mana Waka

Writer
Director

1990

 Mauri

Mauri

Director
Producer
Writer

1988

 Kaleidoscope - NZ Cinema, The Past Decade

Kaleidoscope - NZ Cinema, The Past Decade

Subject

1987

 Koha - Nga Pikitia Māori

Koha - Nga Pikitia Māori

Subject

1987

 Patu!

Patu!

Producer
Director

1983

 Utu

Utu

Actor
Cultural Advisor

1983

 Loose Enz - The Protesters

Loose Enz - The Protesters

Actor

1982

 Making Utu

Making Utu

Subject

1982

 One of those Blighters

One of those Blighters

Actor

1982

 The Bridge - A Story of Men in Dispute

The Bridge - A Story of Men in Dispute

Co-Director
Co-Producer

1982

 Bastion Point: Day 507

Bastion Point: Day 507

Co-Director
Co-Producer

1980

 Koha

Koha

Presenter

1980 - 1985

 Karanga Hokianga Ki O Tamariki

Karanga Hokianga Ki O Tamariki

Co-Director
Co-Producer

1979

 The Hammer and the Anvil

The Hammer and the Anvil

Co-Director
Actor

1979


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