The Wairoa Maori Film Festival is a festival of Maori and indigenous film held at Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, each year. Master-carved Kahungunu Marae is famed for featuring in BROKEN BARRIER directed by John O'Shea in the 1950s, with people from Nuhaka and Mahia acting and performing in the film.

After our home festival, we then take Maori films across New Zealand via the Matariki Film Festival, and curate the Nga Whanaunga Maori Pasifika programme of the NZ International Film Festival.

In 2013, we spread our wings internationally. We curated films for events in Finland, Fiji and Hamburg, Germany. And we partnered with the Sydney Maori Business Network to present the inaugural Aotearoa Maori Film Festival in Sydney, Australia.

Even bigger plans are afoot for 2014.

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WAIROA MAORI FILM FESTIVAL

May 29 to June 2, 2014 * Matariki
Queen's Birthday Weekend
Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Wairoa, Aotearoa

Check out our FESTIVAL PREVIEW

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TE NATI FILM FESTIVAL
The Wairoa Maori Film Festival is partnering with the Te Nati Film Festival to present a programme of Maori short films in Tahiti in April. Te Nati Film Festival will then bring a programme of Tahitian shorts to New Zealand in June. More details soon.
Check out Te Nati Website >

MAORI FILM LETTER February 2014: Read now, Maoriland, Berlinale, FIFO, WIFT Awards and more READ NOW >

NUHAKA & MORERE: OUR HOST COMMUNITIES

Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, and its smaller adjacent whare Te Tahinga Marae, is home every year for a full weekend of screenings of new Maori and global indigenous film making. Each year, we partnered with the local Morere Hot Springs community with extended opening hours at the pools, a shuttle to and from the marae, and a very special closing night celebration at the Morere Hall at the Morere Tea Rooms. Come join us at a film festival like no other! Nau Mai! Nau Mai! Haere Mai! 

Morere Tea Rooms * Morere Lodge

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS

New Zealand Film Commission
Brave Star Media
The Embassy of Brazil
Nga Aho Whakaari
Whakaki Smith Whanau
Velvet Stone Media
WIFT Women in Film & Television

PREMIERE FESTIVAL SPONSOR 2013

TOHEROA SPONSOR 2013

CONTACT US
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)(0)6.837.8854 
Ph. Festival Director - Leo Koziol maorimovies@gmail.com (+64)(0)211.434.113