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Merata Mita

Born 1942-06-19Maketu, 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.

Screen work

Movies & roles

2019Merata: How Mum Decolonised the ScreenSelf (archive footage)2016Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori CinemaSelf (Footage)1999Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the SingerSelf 1987KaleidoscopeSubject 1983Making UtuSelf 1983UtuMatu 1983Kinleith '80Self - Narrator (voice)