Merata Mita

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Patu! (1983) — Director
2. Mauri (1988) — Director
3. Mana Waka (1990) — Director
4. Hotere (2001) — Director
5. March (2020) — Director
6. Dread (1996) — Director
7. The Drum — Director
8. Keskidee Aroha (1979) — Director
9. Bastion Point: Day 507 (1980) — Director
10. Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata (2011) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Utu (1984) — Matu
2. Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019) — Self (archive footage)
3. Making Utu (1983) — Self
4. Kinleith '80 (1983) — Self - Narrator (voice)
5. Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer (1999) — Self
6. Kaleidoscope (1987) — Subject
7. Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema (2016) — Self (Footage)