Matariki festival of films Movie - Merata plus Toitu Te Tiriti
3.20pm Maryann Tuao – Toitū Te Tiriti - Waitangi Day Whaingaroa 2024
Documenting Waitangi Day Whaingaroa 2024 where a space was created for the wider community to come together to learn, kōrero, acknowledge and affirm the foundations and relationships that Te Tiriti o Waitangi established for all in Aotearoa.
3.30pm kōrero from Angeline Greensill
4.15pm: Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Pioneering Māori filmmaker, Merata Mita is the grandmother of Indigenous cinema. A story of a mother’s love that changed the landscape of indigenous participation in film forever.
PRODUCER: CHELSEA WINSTANLEY
DIRECTOR: HEPERI MITA
MERATA: HOW MUM DECOLONISED THE SCREEN 95 mins | NZ 2018
Volunteers open the theatre doors and box office 30 minutes before the start time of each session. Koha at the door by cash or EFTPOS.
