Upcoming Events at Māoriland
Toitū Te Tiriti : Māoriland Submission Day
68 Main Street , Otaki, New Zealand 5512 Map
Toitū Te Tiriti : Māoriland Submission Day
Ensure your voice is heard on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill by making a unique submission.
Submissions close at 11:59 pm, Tuesday January 7, 2025
Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a partnership built on mutual respect and shared responsibility.
Māoriland urges all New Zealanders to stand against the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill, a proposed law that fundamentally threatens the integrity of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
If enacted, this Bill would constitute one of the most significant breaches of Te Tiriti in modern history.
Ensure your voice is heard on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill by making a unique submission.
Submissions close at 11:59 pm, Tuesday January 7, 2025
Need help or want to support the kaupapa?
Visit togetherfortetiriti.nz for an easy to follow submissions guide
or come visit us at the Māoriland Hub on Monday, January 6, from 4:30 - 7:30 pm.
Bring a laptop (if you have one!)
We’ll have kai and inu and good vibes.
🗓 Event Date: Monday 6 January 2025
🌐 Where: Māoriland Hub, 68 Main Street, Ōtaki
Māoriland Presents: Louis Baker
68 Main Street , Otaki, New Zealand 5512 Map
‘Māoriland Presents’ is a series of unique live performances at the Māoriland Hub - home of the Māoriland Film Festival in the heart of Ōtaki.
Friday, 24th January 2025
Doors open 7:30pm
Show starts 9:00pm
Māoriland Hub
68 Main Street, Ōtaki
Limited tickets available - Get your tickets now!
Off the tail end of his brand new EP 'Medicine' and opening for Fat Freddy's Drop tour in Europe, we're delighted to be bringing one of New Zealand's most distinctive voices, Louis Baker for one night in Otaki.
Growing up in the working-class suburb of Newtown, Wellington, Louis developed his passion for music at an early age listening to his parent’s diverse record collection, which featured the likes of Jeff Buckley, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye and Joni Mitchell.
Picking up his singer-songwriter mother’s Yamaha acoustic guitar as an 11 year-old he was shown a few chords and then went on to learn to play the instrument by ear. This obsession with the guitar would lead him through a metal phase all the way to the world of rhythm and blues, with guitar players such as Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn. The former inspired the then 15-year-old Baker to pick up a wah-wah pedal in an attempt to conjure the spirit of the late great Voodoo Child.
At the age of 17 Baker entered Play It Strange, a national songwriting competition organised by Split Enz’s Mike Chunn. His song ‘Three Ladies’, dedicated to the experiences of his mother and two sisters, saw him place top five, with his prize being an acoustic guitar that he still records and travels with today. Following high school Baker enrolled at Jazz School through the New Zealand School of Music, supplementing his studies with live gigs around the city.
Baker’s first official release came in 2011 with the song ‘Even In The Darkness’. The track won him the most votes on The Audience, a New Zealand government funded website dedicated to new, unreleased music. Then in 2013 Baker was chosen out of 4000 applicants to take one of only 60 places at the prestigious Red Bull Music Academy in New York. The programme included guest lectures from Brian Eno, Questlove (The Roots) and Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest) and also saw Louis experience a studio session with legendary hip hop producer Just Blaze.
Over the years Baker has toured New Zealand, Australia, the UK and Europe multiple times, he has also played at key international festivals including Field Days - London, Sonar Festival - Barcelona, Sziget Festival – Hungary, Splendour In The Grass - Australia, as well as Rhythm and Vines and Homegrown back in his home country of New Zealand. He has also toured with the likes of Allen Stone, Jamie Liddel and Jordan Rakei.
And now we get to see him LIVE in the Maoriland Hub, off the back of his newest EP and international tour with FFD.
68 Main Street , Otaki, New Zealand 5512 Map
Māoriland Film Festival is Aotearoa’s international Indigenous Film Festival, held each March in the vibrant community of Ōtaki.
The MFF is the world’s largest celebration of Indigenous storytelling with five days of screenings, interactive installation and art exhibitions, industry events and more.
The 12th Māoriland Film Festival will be held from March 26 - 30, 2025.
At the heart of Māoriland is manaaki.
We are committed to nurturing talent and supporting genuine connections for everyone who participates in the festival.
We invite you to join us in a spirit of reciprocity to celebrate MFF2025!
Submissions are open now (September 4th 2024) and close on 31st October 2024.
For more info visit: mff.maorilandfilm.co.nz/submissions
Indigenous Art Exhibitions
Toi Matarau is a summit for multidisciplinary arts where Māori and Indigenous artists gather, collaborate, are inspired and supported. Thought has been given to enrich the experience of visitors sharing in the mauri of taonga tuku iho.
Toi Matarau Gallery is located in the Māoriland Hub in the heart of Ōtaki village. It is the front face of Māoriland – presenter of the Māoriland Film Festival and home to Māoriland Films.