Māoriland announces TWO Festivals at Matariki 2022
Māoriland is excited to announce the dates for its 2022 Indigenous film festival and its new Matariki Ramaroa light arts festival.
Māoriland is excited to announce the dates for its 2022 Indigenous film festival and its new Matariki Ramaroa light arts festival.
E ngā iwi katoa, e ngā hoa tēnā koutou katoa, Tomorrow would have been the opening of our 9th Māoriland Film Festival! For us here at Māoriland we would be running around getting the last technicals in place or sorting out extra accommodation and feeling a mixture of nervousness and excitement. Such is the anticipation […]
Our willow fence line is establishing and beautifies the dilapidated tin fence, but this willow does need attention and weaving while it is still supple to develop its shape. This is a creative and somewhat meditative opportunity to enhance a living breathing fence line. I welcome anyone who wants to spend time plaiting and weaving, […]
This Thursday, 3 March, Māoriland, the home of the largest Indigenous Film Festival in the Southern Hemisphere will launch a Boosted crowdfunding campaign to produce the short film ‘He Karu, He Taringa’ written and directed by 23 year old rangatahi filmmaker Tahuaroa Ohia (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi). ‘He Karu, He Taringa’ […]
After the successful reversioning into te reo Māori of animated series ‘Island Of Mystery’ (playing on TVNZ) Māoriland has its first feature film, the popular ASTRO KID.
E ngā tai e whā o te motu, e ngā iwi taketake o te ao, Tēnā koutou katoa, Since Covid’s arrival on our planet in 2020, Māoriland Film Festival has adapted and evolved. And with the support of filmmakers and audiences we’ve been able to safely deliver the MFF in-person in 2020 and 2021. The in-person […]
Nā Tainui Stephens
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 in to maintain community and endure, support our whānau and protect our whakapapa. This was evident at Raukawa Marae on Saturday 13 November as vaccinations […]
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 and distributes food to those who need it in the Wellington region. Māoriland Māra and Kaibosh have the common goal of Zero Food Poverty and Zero […]
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 to the māra where ngā manu are maniacal, digging out every new tipu they find. We find ourselves in the act of ongoing and creative […]