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‘Merata’ around the world

June 9, 2019June 17, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1 Comment Film premiere, Heperi Mita, Merata Mita, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, NZIFF

Filmmaker and Ngā Taonga archivist Heperi Mita took his documentary MERATA: How Mum Decolonised the Screen about pioneer filmmaker Merata Mita

Bill Gosden, Director of NZIFF, in the 1990s

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Hepi Mita reflects on Bill Gosden’s tenure at NZIFF

December 21, 2018January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Bill Gosden, festival, filmmaking, Geoff Murphy, Heperi Mita, Merata Mita, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, NZIFF, Patu!, Utu, Utu Redux

Heperi Mita reflects on the contribution of New Zealand International Film Festival Director Bill Gosden, following the announcement that he will retire in March 2019.

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Growing up and blowing up with Geoff Murphy

November 15, 2018January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments directing, family, film, Geoff Murphy, Goodbye Pork Pie, Heperi Mita, Hollywood, Last Outlaw, memoir, Never Say Die, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

To coincide with our current season Flashbacks with Geoff Murphy: A Retrospective Trip, Heperi Mita shares some personal memories of growing up with a movie director for a father. And not just any movie director…

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Merata Mita Fellowship Unveiled at Sundance

February 9, 2016March 3, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1980s, 2010s, Bird Runningwater, Ciara Lacy, Cliff Curtis, Hawaii, Heperi Mita, Kanaka Maoli, Merata Mita, Rafer Rautjoki, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute, Taika Waititi

Image: Heperi Mita, Ciara Lacy, Rafer Rautjoki and Bird Runningwater. Photo credit: Christopher Kwock. Heperi Mita has worked for Ngā Taonga