Merata Mita

Merata Mita

🎂 19th June 1942 (83 yrs) 📍 Maketu, New Zealand

Known For

Making Utu

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.

Merata Mita

Movies Featuring Merata Mita

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019)

as Self (archive footage)
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema (2016)

as Self (Footage)
No Image

Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer (1999)

as Self
No Image

Kaleidoscope (1987)

as Subject
Utu

Utu (1984)

as Matu
Making Utu

Making Utu (1983)

as Self
Kinleith '80

Kinleith '80 (1983)

as Self - Narrator (voice)