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 * After thinking about the Treaty of Waitangi it is possible to appraise the presence of Maori in film and television. **
 * Through maori direction of media do we gain a closer perspective upon maori issues and concerns? **


 * History of engagement: **
 * Early independent silent film and early Hollywood engagement with ideas about maori culture( 1930's) **
 * National Film Unit productions( Government funded ) in the 1940's and 50's( See Hayward films ) **

Film Go to the New Zealand Film Commission site.

See Tangata Whenua

Early film by John O'Shea, with Barry Barcely as Director. (12 May 1944 - 19 February 2008) was a [|New Zealand] filmmaker and writer of [|Maori] (Ngati Apa) and [|Pākehā] (European) descent. ( Tangatawhenua ) Ngati See Eulogy below

Mereta Mita became known in the late 1980's. She is a co-producer on BOY(2010) SPOOKED (2004)[|Spooked] (2004) (producer) [|Hotere] (2001) (producer)

http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/merata-mita/biography Films: PATU (1983) Mauri(1988) See more below

Taika Waititi( actor/writer/Director) is currently known for BOY(2010) and http://hd-b.filmtoponline.com/play.php?movie=3416742

Waititi hails from the [|Raukokore] area of the East Coast region of New Zealand [|[4]] and his father is a [|Maori] of [|Te Whānau-ā-Apanui]. Waititi has used his [|Jewish] mother's surname of Cohen for some of his work in film and writing. [|[5]]

**Michael Bennett**
=World Premiere in Toronto for NZ feature Film Matariki = September 6, 2010 By [|admin] [|Leave a Comment]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1447504/ What an amazing achievement for NZ Film and for first time film director Michael Bennet. Bennet’s feature film Matariki is set to be featured in the Toronto International Film Festival. Confirming its position as the prime North American launch pad for independent features, the Toronto International Film Festival has today announced its line up of prestigious world premieres. Included in the selection is New Zealand film Matariki, from first time feature director Michael Bennett. The film will screen in the opening weekend of the Festival in the Contemporary World Cinema section, on Saturday, 11th September. The Contemporary World Cinema section gives the Festival audience a snapshot of trends in global cinema. “I am excited and honoured our film has been selected for Toronto,” said director Michael Bennett. “Kiwi films are on a roll! It’s an important festival and the best possible kick-off before we bring it home to New Zealand audiences in November.” Featuring an ensemble cast that includes Go Girls’ Alix Bushnell, Sara Wiseman and Sione’s Wedding’s IaHeto Ah Hi, Matariki is a complex contemporary drama that weaves together the lives of eight strangers on the eve of Maori New Year. One random act will affect them all. Matariki was written by Michael Bennett and Gavin Strawhan. Michael, and producer Fiona Copland, will be in Toronto to introduce the film. NZ Film, which is the sales arm of the NZ Film Commission, is handling world sales of the film. Matariki will be released in New Zealand on 18 November 2010 by Arkles Entertainment. The film’s trailer can be viewed online

=Barry Barclay= **Friday, 22 February 2008, 11:20 am** **Article: DMANZ** ||
 * = A giant has fallen: Remembering Barry Barclay =

A giant has fallen: Remembering Barry Barclay Friday, 22 February 2008, 11am Press release: Documentary Makers of Aotearoa New Zealand (DMANZ) It's been a couple of days now since the phone rang, and I heard from his sister Pauline that Barry Barclay had died. Barry was - and remains - an absolute giant in New Zealand and the World's film communities. He is widely and famously regarded as the first member of an Indigenous nation to direct a feature film, and often held up in New Zealand as being possibly our greatest and most influential documentary maker. But I think it's important to remember now that Barry's more celebrated achievements - Ngati, the Tangata Whenua series, The Feathers of Peace - were founded on the back of a long and compassionate journey of discovery of self, of others and a rigorous, vigorous, disarmingly playful and punishingly sharp mind.



Ngati(1987)

=Mereta Mita=

News. ( May 2010) Leading Wellington Kiwi film director Merata Mita has died after collapsing outside Maori Television's Auckland studios, it has been reported. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Mita, who was born in the Bay of Plenty and was married to director Geoff Murphy, collapsed in Newmarket around 1.15pm and died shortly afterwards. Efforts to resuscitate her were unsuccessful. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">NZ On Screen says Mita was a "key figure" in the story of Maori filmmaking, and had a producing credit in recent New Zealand film success story //Boy//. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">She has also worked on movies including //Bastion Point: Day 507//,//Mauri// and //Patu!// She also appeared in Murphy's film //Utu//, NZ On Screen said, and directed the music video for Che Fu's //Waka//. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Mita received a New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Years Honours list earlier this year.



Mita mostly worked in Haiwaii as a Producer after having lived several years in California with Murphy.


 * 1) [|Keao] (2008) (producer)
 * 2) [|Pear ta ma 'on maf] (2004) (executive producer)
 * 3) ... aka "The Land Has Eyes" - International //(English title)//

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mita was awarded the CNZM (Companion of the Order of New Zealand Merit) in the 2010 Queen's New Years Honours List for Her services to the Film Industry.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Annie Collins cut the film PATU, a documentary protesting apartheid in South Africa when the Spring Box travelled through New Zealand in 1981.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Several cameras shot the film and all had to hide the film stock from the police.

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