

Merata Mita
Director · Actor · WriterMerata 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.
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR7

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019
Self (archive footage)

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
2016
Self (Footage)
- Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
1999
Self
- Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope
1987
Subject

Utu
1984
Matu

Making Utu
1983
Self

Kinleith '80
1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
DIRECTOR11
WRITER6
PRODUCER11

Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
2011
Producer

Boy
2010
Co-Producer
- My Weaponry
My Weaponry
2010
Producer

Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
2010
Executive Producer

Spooked
2004
Producer

The Land Has Eyes
2004
Executive Producer

Hotere
2001
Producer

Mauri
1988
Producer

Patu!
1983
Producer

Bastion Point: Day 507
1980
Producer

Keskidee Aroha
1979
Producer








