• Rangatira: Merata Mita - Making Waves (1998) – Project Advisor, Subject. The Magnificent Seven (1998) – Second Unit Director.
  • Merata Mita was born on 19 June 1942 in Maketu, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. She was a producer and director, known for Мальчик (2010), Patu!
  • A single Māori mother who saw inequities in New Zealand, who had experienced oppression, racism, and sexism, Merata Mita (1942–2010) picked up a...
  • Merata Mita - A passionate advocate for Māori creative control, director Merata Mita chronicled landmark moments of protest and division in Aotearoa.
  • Nine years after her death, her son Hepi Mita has made a documentary about the immense legacy she left behind. ... Merata Mita editing Patu! in 1983.
  • Filmmaker, producer and actor Merata MITA (1942, New Zealand) is a prominent figure in the development of Māori cinema.
  • As Merata shows, Mita’s entire life was a fight – one that Hepi continues with this documentary that looks not only to secure Mita’s legacy but enlarge it.
  • Merata Mita was a pioneer of indigenous film, a director, an actress, an activist, a feminist, a mother, a teacher and a mentor.
  • Mauri (1988) is the only feature-length fiction film that Merata Mita (1942–2010) made across her decades-long engagement with audio-visual narrative.