Ramai Hayward
A pioneer of New Zealand film and star of 1940 classic Rewi's Last Stand, Ramai Hayward is credited as Aotearoa’s first Māori filmmaker, camerawoman, and scriptwriter. At the 2005 Wairoa Māori Film Festival she received the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to Māori filmmaking; the following year Hayward was made a Member of the NZ Order of Merit. She passed away on 3 July 2014.
It costs a lot of money to make films, and it kept us poor. It kept us happy because it was an adventure all the time. Ramai Hayward (age 73), in a 1989 Koha TV profile
Frontseat - Series Two, Episode 10
2006, Subject, Subject - Television
Standing in the Sunshine - Freedom
1993, Subject - Television
Opo
1991, Subject - Television
Linda's Body
1990, As: Rangi (neighbour) - Short Film
The Billy T James Show (sitcom) - excerpts
1990, As: Tilly - Television
Koha - Ramai Hayward
1989, Subject - Television
E Tipu e Rea - Roimata
1989, As: Nan - Television
Koha - Nga Pikitia Māori
1987, Subject - Television
To Love a Māori
1972, Producer, Writer, As: Mrs Hemi (Tama's aunt) - Film
Survey - The Town that Lost a Miracle
1972, Subject - Television
Rewi's Last Stand / The Last Stand
1940 - 1949, As: Ariana - Film