The Merata Mita Collection
This collection is devoted to Māori filmmaker Merata Mita — a proud and clear voice for the rights of indigenous peoples to tell their own stories on screen. Watch interviews, legendary Springbok tour documentary Patu!, clips from movie Mauri, and much more. NZ On Screen is also immensely proud of the trio of writers who join us to explore both Merata's importance, and her ability to inspire and occasionally annoy: her son Heperi, who made a film about her, and screen taonga Ainsley Gardiner and Tainui Stephens.
Merata Mita
Patu!
Film, 1983 (Full Length)
Close Up - Patu: Completing the Picture
Television, 1983 (Full Length)
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Film, 2018 (Trailer and Excerpts)
Rangatira: Merata Mita - Making Waves
Television, 1998 (Full Length Episode)
Mauri
Film, 1988 (Excerpts)
Koha - Mauri
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Television, 2011 (Full Length)
Hotere
Film, 2001 (Full Length)
Women - Māori Women in a Pākehā World - Nga Wahine Māori i Roto i te ao Pākehā
Television, 1977 (Full Length Episode)
Kete Aronui - Merata Mita
Television, 2007 (Excerpts)
Waka
Che Fu, Music Video, 1999
Dread
Television, 1996 (Full Length)
Te Pahū
Television, 1996 (Full Length)
Keskidee Aroha
Film, 1980 (Full Length)
Marae - Aurere (Merata Mita)
Television, 2010 (Excerpts)
Good Morning - Merata Mita Tribute
Television, 2010 (Excerpts)
Cousins
Film, 2021 (Trailer and Excerpts)
Loose Enz - The Protesters
Television, 1982 (Full Length)
Nuclear Waste
Herbs, Music Video, 1985
Utu
Film, 1983 (Trailer and Excerpts)
Making Utu
Television, 1982 (Full Length)
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
Film, 1999 (Full Length)
Mercury Lane, Series One, Episode Seven
Television, 2001 (Full Length Episode)
Koha - Nga Pikitia Māori
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
One of those Blighters
Television, 1982 (Full Length)
Spooked
Film, 2004 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Witi Ihimaera
Television, 1997 (Full Length)
Boy
Film, 2010 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Taku Rākau E
Film, 2010 (Full Length)
Frontseat - Series Two, Episode 10
Television, 2006 (Full Length Episode)
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
Television, 2016 (Excerpts)
From Spirit to Spirit: Tui Tuia - Gathering Thread (Episode One)
Television, 1993 (Full Length Episode)
Kaleidoscope - NZ Cinema, the Past Decade
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
50 Years of New Zealand Television
Television, 2010
New Streets
Television, 1982
Utu Redux
Film, 2013 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Solidarity
Television, 1992 (Full Length)