We use cookies to help us understand how you use our site, and make your experience better. To find out more read our privacy policy.
Play

00:00

/

00:00

Full screen
Video quality

Low 0 MB

High 0 MB

HD 0 MB

Captions
Volume
Volume
Hero image for Mauri

Mauri

Film (Excerpts) – 1988

PG
Parental Guidance

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

Cowley and clapper loader Justin Topzand, on the set of Merata Mita’s Mauri

Kindly supplied by Graeme Cowley.

If you liked this, you might also like...

Collection
Collection image for The Matariki Collection

The Matariki Collection

A selection of iconic Māori TV, film and music video for...

Collection
Collection image for The Geoff Murphy Collection

The Geoff Murphy Collection

This collection pays tribute to filmmaker Geoff Murphy —...

Collection
Collection image for The Merata Mita Collection

The Merata Mita Collection

A collection celebrating Māori filmmaker Merata Mita.

Thumbnail image for Koha - Mauri

Koha - Mauri

Behind the scenes on Mauri

Thumbnail image for Rangatira: Merata Mita - Making Waves

Rangatira: Merata Mita - Making Waves

Documentary on Mauri's writer/director Merata Mita

Thumbnail image for Koha - Nga Pikitia Māori

Koha - Nga Pikitia Māori

Documentary about Māori cinema which features Mauri

Thumbnail image for Women - Māori Women in a Pākehā World - Nga Wahine Māori i Roto i te ao Pākehā

Women - Māori Women in a Pākehā World - Nga Wahine Māori i Roto i te ao Pākehā

Eva Rickard and director Merata Mita both appeared in this

Thumbnail image for Hotere

Hotere

Merata Mita profiles Mauri designer, artist Ralph Hotere

Thumbnail image for Ngāti

Ngāti

A landmark Māori feature released the previous year

Thumbnail image for Kete Aronui - Merata Mita

Kete Aronui - Merata Mita

Merata Mita discusses her journey as an artist in this

Thumbnail image for Patu!

Patu!

Documentary directed by Merata Mita

Thumbnail image for The Makutu on Mrs Jones

The Makutu on Mrs Jones

Sonny Waru also acted in this short film

Thumbnail image for Cousins

Cousins

Another feature directed by Māori women

Thumbnail image for Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

Documentary on the history of Māori cinema

Thumbnail image for To Love a Māori

To Love a Māori

Māori director Ramai Hayward worked on this film

Thumbnail image for This Way of Life

This Way of Life

Another East Coast story

Thumbnail image for Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Trailer for a film about Mauri's director Merata Mita

Thumbnail image for Making Utu

Making Utu

Merata Mita features in this making of documentary

Thumbnail image for Restoring the Mauri of Lake Omapere

Restoring the Mauri of Lake Omapere

Doumentary on restoring the mauri of a degraded Northland...

Thumbnail image for Keskidee Aroha

Keskidee Aroha

Co-directed by Merata Mita

Thumbnail image for Boy

Boy

Another East Coast story, co-produced by Merata Mita

Thumbnail image for Utu

Utu

Director Merata Mita acted in this

Thumbnail image for Good Morning - Merata Mita Tribute

Good Morning - Merata Mita Tribute

Merata Mita's colleagues pay tribute to her

Thumbnail image for Close Up - Patu: Completing the Picture

Close Up - Patu: Completing the Picture

Current affairs story about the making of Patu!

Thumbnail image for Te Pahū

Te Pahū

Merata Mita directed this documentary about taonga pūoro

Thumbnail image for Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata

Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata

Merata Mita's final documentary, on domestic violence

Thumbnail image for Waka

Waka

Merata Mita directed this music video in Hawaii

Thumbnail image for Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

Interview with director Merata Mita

Thumbnail image for Kaleidoscope - NZ Cinema, the Past Decade

Kaleidoscope - NZ Cinema, the Past Decade

Interviews with Mauri director Merata Mita & actor Geoff...