Te Taurima Whakaata Maori i te Wairoa | Wairoa Maori & Indigenous Film Festival 2008

A feature of the Wairoa River is the opposing currents within the river. These currents become one as they enter the river mouth. This reflects a traditional trait of the Wairoa people to have the ability to put aside their differences when engaged in a common purpose.

It is in this spirit that Te Roopu Whakaata Maori I Te Wairoa invites the people of Aotearoa and the World to our turangawaewae, our place to stand, to celebrate and rejoice in the best in Maori and international indigenous film-making.

This is the website of the WAIROA MAORI & INDIGENOUS FILM FESTIVAL 2008, which is to be held over Matariki Queen's Birthday Weekend May 30th to June 2nd. Confirmed venues for the festival are the Gaiety Cinema and Taihoa Marae.

Festival organisers have released the festival programme, with entries to the festival from New Zealand and around the world. Check them out in our Films Section >.

Wairoa Maori & Indigenous Film Festival 2008 - a celebration of Maori and Indigenous film, will be presented under the theme of "Te Karanga O Papatuanuku, Te Waiata O Te Whenua' ~ 'The Land Sings, The Earth Cries Out."

Queen's Birthday Weekend in Wairoa is a special time, marking the beginning of the district-wide Matariki celebrations.

Matariki is emerging locally and nationally as an important occasion for Maoridom, marking the "Maori New Year" and the rise of the Matariki (Pleiades) constellation.

Join us for the third Wairoa Maori Film Festival this year!

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For the first time, a travelling programme of the Wairoa Maori Film Festival will be presented in Wellington, Auckland and Taumarunui.

Check out the range of screenings on offer:

The Wairoa Maori Film Festival is presented by Te Roopu Whakaata Maori i te Wairoa ~ Wairoa Maori Film Festival Society Inc.

In 2005, the festival organisation hosted the inaugural Wairoa Maori Film Festival. This Festivalwas held in June, as part of the Matariki celebrations over the Queen's Birthday weekend. For the event, hundreds of people converged on Wairoa from across the country and around the world, including a delegation sponsored by the National Geographic All Roads Film Project.

In October 2006, we continued this kaupapa with the Second Wairoa Maori Film Festival. Guest of honour was Barry Barclay, with international guest attendee Charles Kassatly.

FOUR SHEETS TO THE WIND

Wairoa Maori Film Festival Society Inc.
C/- PO Box 85, NUHAKA
WAIROA DISTRICT
Aotearoa New Zealand

Email: maorimovies@gmail.com

www.manawairoa.com

Ph.Chairperson - Huia Koziol (64)6.837.8854 Ph. Festival Director - Leo Koziol (64)9.528.3157

BILLY T.K. (AWARDS NIGHT)

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