Merata Mita

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.

Birthday

Jun 19, 1942

Place of birth

Maketu, New Zealand

Deathday

May 31, 2010

Credited in

As cast

Making Utu
As Self
Kinleith '80
As Self - Narrator (voice)
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
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As Self
Kaleidoscope
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As Subject
Utu
As Matu
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
As Self (archive footage)

As crew

Mauri
Role: Director
Spooked
Role: Producer
Patu!
Role: Producer
Patu!
Role: Director
March
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Role: Director
Boy
Role: Co-Producer
Dread
Role: Director
Dread
Role: Writer
The Drum
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Role: Writer
The Drum
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Role: Director
My Weaponry
No picture available
Role: Producer
Keskidee Aroha
Role: Director
Keskidee Aroha
Role: Producer
Keskidee Aroha
Role: Screenplay
Mana Waka
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Role: Director
Mauri
Role: Producer
Mauri
Role: Screenplay
Bastion Point: Day 507
Role: Director
Mana Waka
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Role: Writer
Hotere
Role: Writer
The Land Has Eyes
Role: Executive Producer
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Role: Producer
Hotere
Role: Producer
Hotere
Role: Director
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Role: Director
Spooked
Role: Second Unit Director
Bastion Point: Day 507
Role: Producer
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
Role: Executive Producer