News

June 29, 2022

Award-winning First Nations actor, writer, director and producer named as the first Māoriland Filmmaker in Residence.

Today, the first filmmaker selected for the Māoriland Filmmakers’ Residency

June 2, 2022

Sāmoa Language Week – Sāmoan films at MFF2022

Tālofa lava! Mālō le soifua. Fa’atalofa atu ma le agaga

May 18, 2022

Māoriland Film Festival announces programme for 2022

MFF2022 Trailer Māoriland Film Festival celebrates the return of international

April 22, 2022

April in the Maara

Keeping on top of regular planting is keeping me busy

April 21, 2022

Tahu’s experience making his first short film

My experience working as a director for 'He Karu He

November in the Maara

November 22, 2021

Te Ao Tūroa – The natural order Tūroa: established, of long standing, enduring, long-lasting Ao tūroa: enduring world, earth, nature I have been thinking about the acts we can engage […]

Māoriland and Kaibosh to distribute FREE surplus kai to Ōtaki community

October 26, 2021

On Tuesdays Māoriland has kai available for those who need it outside our Toi Matarau Gallery on Main Street, Ōtaki. The surplus kai comes from Kaibosh, an charity that collects […]

October in the Maara

October 22, 2021

There really is nothing quite like this time of the year in the māra… The joys and rites of spring… Seeds are sprouting merrily on windowsills and being transferred optimistically […]

Māoriland Business Growth and Start Up Workshops

September 20, 2021

Māoriland and HTK Group are excited to present a series of FREE business growth and Start Up workshops for Māori seeking new skills, knowledge and tools to grow your business. […]

September in the Maara

September 17, 2021

Kia ora koutou, one of the things I have been considering in level two lockdown is the ability of our community to re-emerge safely, reconnect and rebuild our sense of […]

Rangatahi Animator launches Boosted Campaign to create series of animated waiata teaching te reo Māori

September 14, 2021

19-year-old animator Turanga Mahutonga is creating Waiata Bro’s: A series of fun animated music videos that teach words and phrases in te reo Māori for everyone to sing along to. […]