Merata Mita – Gauge

A brief history of Māori cinema

April 21, 2020April 29, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Barry Barclay, Don Selwyn, film history, Māori, Māori cinema, Merata Mita, Ramai Hayward, Rudall Hayward, Taika Waititi

With the Māoriland Film Festival having to drastically reduce its programme due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Ngā Taonga wanted to

Collection Developer Ramarihi MacDougall

Television

Preserving our audiovisual taonga

July 5, 2019July 16, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments collecting, Collection development, iwi radio, Māori Television, marae, Merata Mita, Te Karere, Waka Huia

Ka nui te ngākaunui o Ramarihi MacDougall ki tana tūranga mahi e kapo haere nei ia i ngā hua a

Film

‘Merata’ around the world

June 9, 2019June 17, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Film premiere, Heperi Mita, Merata Mita, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, NZIFF

Filmmaker and Ngā Taonga archivist Heperi Mita took his documentary MERATA: How Mum Decolonised the Screen about pioneer filmmaker Merata Mita

Bill Gosden, Director of NZIFF, in the 1990s

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Hepi Mita reflects on Bill Gosden’s tenure at NZIFF

December 21, 2018January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Bill Gosden, festival, filmmaking, Geoff Murphy, Heperi Mita, Merata Mita, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, NZIFF, Patu!, Utu, Utu Redux

Heperi Mita reflects on the contribution of New Zealand International Film Festival Director Bill Gosden, following the announcement that he will retire in March 2019.

Film NZ History

Merata Mita Fellowship Unveiled at Sundance

February 9, 2016March 3, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1980s, 2010s, Bird Runningwater, Ciara Lacy, Cliff Curtis, Hawaii, Heperi Mita, Kanaka Maoli, Merata Mita, Rafer Rautjoki, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute, Taika Waititi

Image: Heperi Mita, Ciara Lacy, Rafer Rautjoki and Bird Runningwater. Photo credit: Christopher Kwock. Heperi Mita has worked for Ngā Taonga