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.

Movie Appearances

Making Utu

as Self

1983

Kinleith '80

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1983

Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

as Self

1999

Kaleidoscope

as Subject

1987

7.0

Utu

as Matu

1984

6.7

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

as Self (Footage)

2016