MĀORILAND HUB
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A home for the Indigenous, A home for the arts, A home for ideas and conversations – the Māoriland Hub is a Centre of Excellence for Māori Film and Creative Arts.
Open year-round in Ōtaki Village, the Māoriland Hub is a creative space that provides access to the creative arts including art, film, technology, music, dance, theatre and more.

LATEST NEWS

OSCAR NOMINATED FILM TANNA TO SCREEN AT MĀORILAND FILM FESTIVAL 2017
Filmed on the Vanuatu Island of Tanna this epic film was written by and acted by the Yakel tribe. The first feature film to emerge from Tanna it tells of […]
KEY DATES MFF2017
15 – 19 MARCH 2017 ŌTAKI Māoriland Film Festival returns to Ōtaki for MFF2017 – five days of films, workshops, and special events that celebrate indigenous filmmaking from around the […]
imagineNATIVE to host International Premiere of The Native Slam
In March of 2016, just days before Māoriland Film Festival 15 Indigenous Filmmakers gathered around Aotearoa to make a film. They had just 72 hours, with a budget of $800 […]
Māoriland Film Festival – Officially a Charitable Organisation
Over the past three and a half years, Māoriland Film Festival has proven itself as a venue for the exhibition of Indigenous film and as an entertainment and education provider […]
Māoriland Film Festival
Aotearoa New Zealand’s International Indigenous Film Festival
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MĀORILAND PRODUCTIONS
DEVELOPING THE WORK OF INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS
MĀORILAND PRODUCTIONS
Māoriland Productions has a slate of feature and short films, as well as series and reversioning projects.
PURITIA
PURITIA ENABLES MĀORI POTENTIAL TO BE IDENTIFIED AND DEVELOPED THROUGH FILM AND CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY.
TRAINING
MĀORILAND IS TRAINING & CONNECTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCREEN STORYTELLERS
Native Minds
A series where Indigenous thinkers explore the experiences in their chosen endeavours, and the consequences of their native perspectives.
Te Uru Maire
E Tū Whānau Rangatahi Film Challenge
Two day filmmaking workshops for rangatahi to tell their story through film
Te Ara TOI
PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES FOR TAMARIKI TO EXPERIENCE THE ARTS
MATCH
a creative space for rangatahi to use and unleash their creative thinking and problem-solving skills
NGĀ PAKIAKA
Rangatahi Film LEADERSHIP GROUP
Toi Matarau
Experience Toi Māori from traditional and contemporary artists both emerging and established.
Toi Matarau at the Māoriland Hub is a home for Māori and Indigenous artists to connect within a diverse community of like minded creatives. Where visual storytelling continues to support and enrich social and economic well-being