The Merata Mita Collection
Merata Mita. Date unknown
Courtesy of OnFilm magazine
The poster for Merata Mita's feature-length documentary Patu! (1983).
Merata Mita working on the second unit of Geoff Murphy's The Magnificent Seven (1998), the pilot for the American TV series of the same name.
Merata Mita and her son Heperi. Heperi would later direct 2018 documentary Merata: How Mum Declonised the Screen.
A hui to discuss Te Paepae Ataata with the NZ Film Commission, held at Auckland University's Tānenuiarangi Marae in 2007 or 2008. Left to right: Graeme Mason (NZFC), Ainsley Gardiner, Renee Mark, Tainui Stephens, Merata Mita, Kath Akuhata-Brown, & Hone Kouka.
Courtesy of Tainui Stephens
Merata Mita as Matu in Geoff Murphy's 1983 movie Utu.
Director Merata Mita talks about Patu!, in a 1983 Close Up interview.
Merata Mita as Matu in Geoff Murphy's 1983 movie Utu.
The post-production phase of 1983 documentary Patu!. From left to right, director Merata Mita, editor Annie Collins and sound mixer Brian Shennan.
Supplied by Brian Shennan
Merata Mita during a 1984 Koha interview.
Screen grab
Eva Rickard and a fellow castmember in Merata Mita’s first dramatic feature, Mauri (1988).
Flying high: Graeme Cowley prepares to film part of the final sequence of Merata Mita’s first dramatic feature, Mauri (1988).
Kindly supplied by Graeme Cowley
A scene from Boy: Rocky (Te Aho Eketone-Whitu), Boy (James Rolleston) and Alamein (Taika Waititi) playing war on the beach.
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