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.

Known For

Utu

Making Utu

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

Kinleith '80

All Movies (7)

• Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema2016 · as Self (Footage)
• Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer1999 · as Self
• Kaleidoscope1987 · as Subject
• Utu1984 · as Matu
• Making Utu1983 · as Self
• Kinleith '801983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)