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- Title
- Rangatira: Merata Mita - Making Waves
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
This edition of the Rangatira (‘chief’) series on Māori leaders looks at the uncompromising approach of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita. Breaking into directing and producing was a rare enough feat for Māori, let alone a Māori woman. Making Waves takes us back to the start of Mita’s career with television programme Koha, tracking key highlights through interviews with friends, family and some of the people she mentored. They speak of her tenacity, grit and sheer determination to bring Māori ...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 1998
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/rangatira-merata-mita-1998
- Related subjects
- syd jackson / hone kaa / eruera mita / abuse / springbok tour / director / awatea mita / rafer rautjoki / arihia bristowe / family / hangi / police / ross hoana / maria hoani / yamagata / act of war / joe hawke / bastion point / ngā tamatoa / ngāti whātua / mana wāhine / whānau / elaine tapsell / māori language week / bay of plenty / the magnificent seven / father tate / nz on air / new zealand on air / renee hawke / te puke high school / wairua / mahina rapu tuki / hawai'i / te hapua / saana murray / leonie pihama / panguru / protest / indigenous film / māori film / second unit director / kaimoana / pipi / levuka corbett / robyn corbett / karanga hokianga ki o tamariki / maketū
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