Biography

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.

Known For

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Self (archive footage)

Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

Self

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

Self (Footage)

Utu

Matu

Making Utu

Self

Kaleidoscope

Subject

Kinleith '80

Self - Narrator (voice)