Te Taurima Whakaata Maori i te Wairoa | Wairoa Maori & Indigenous Film Festival 2011

NAU MAI! NAU MAI! HAERE MAI!

ANNOUNCING
WAIROA MAORI FILM FESTIVAL 2012
Thursday May 31st to Monday June 5th 2012

Taihoa Marae, Wairoa (Thursday May 31)

Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka (Friday June 1 to Monday June 5)

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WAIROA MAORI FILM FESTIVAL 2011
June 2nd WAIROA FILM NIGHT Taihoa Marae Wairoa
June 3rd to 6th FILM WEEKEND Kahungunu Marae Nuhaka

Matariki Directed by Michael Bennett

Nau Mau! Nau Mai! Haere Mai!

June 2nd WAIROA FILM NIGHT Taihoa Marae Wairoa
June 3rd to 6th FILM WEEKEND Kahungunu Marae Nuhaka

The Wairoa Maori Film Festival 2011 will be held at Taihoa Marae, Wairoa, and Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, from the June 2 to 6 Matariki Queen's Birthday Weekend 2011.

Thank you to our confirmed sponsors for 2011
NZ Film Commission & Creative NZ Te Waka Toi

The Wairoa Maori Film Festival is presented by:
Te Roopu Whakaata Maori I Te Wairoa Inc.

PRESS RELEASES

April 26 2011: Wairoa Maori Film Festival Celebrates Best in
New Zealand Film Making

April 26 2011: Wairoa Maori Film Festival Profiles Struggle
For Indigenous Rights Around The World

The Wairoa Maori Film Festival Wishes to Thank Our Sponsor
For 2011 The New Zealand Film Commission

For the 7 Generations (indigenous Grandmothers for Peace)

TAIHOA MARAE, WAIROA Thursday 2rd June 2011
KAHUNGUNU MARAE, NUHAKA, WAIROA DISTRICT
Friday 3rd June to Monday 6th June 2011

TE TAURIMA WHAKAATA MAORI I TE WAIROA
Kai Mo Te Ngakau * Food for the Soul * Theme 2011 "Maori Romance"
Wairoa Aotearoa New Zealand
MATARIKI Queen's Birthday Weekend

* * * * * REGISTER NOW! * * * * *
$80 FULL FESTIVAL PASS / $120 WITH ALL MEALS
ALL SCREENINGS & AWARDS NIGHT
PHONE 06 837 8854
Email maorimovies@gmail.com

WAIROA MAORI FILM NIGHT
FEATURE FILM "TRACKER"
6 pm Thursday 2 June
$10 Per Person/$5 Kids/Kaumatua
Taihoa Marae, Wairoa
Fundraiser for Taihoa Marae

WAIROA MAORI FILM HUI 2011
10 am to 5 pm Friday 3 June
Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Wairoa District

NUHAKA FILM WEEKEND PART ONE
Friday 3 June 6 pm to 10 pm $5 Per Person: "MATARIKI"
Sat. 4 June 10 am to 4 pm $10 All Day/$5 Kids & Kaumatua
Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Wairoa District

KORE/TAHI/TAHI
Audio Visual Installation Opening
Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Wairoa District
7 pm Sat 4 June

MANA WAIROA FILM AWARDS & DINNER
MC TE HAMUA NIKORA & KARAOKE WITH DJ HAZADUZ
Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Wairoa District
7.30 pm Saturday 4 June $40 Per Person

NUHAKA FILM WEEKEND PART TWO
Sunday 5 June 10 am to 6 pm $10 All Day/$5 Kids & Kaumatua
Sunday 5 June 6 pm Double Feature "TRACKER" & "HONE & HEKE"
$10/$5 Kids/Kaumatua
Monday 6 June 9 am to 1 pm $5 Per Person All Day
Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Wairoa District

Located lovingly between Hawke's Bay and Gisborne Districts, the Wairoa District is large enough to be a Region in it's own right. Mohaka has the stunning railway viaduct, the highest in the southern hemisphere. The historic marae of Raupunga and Mohaka are stunning in their beauty and fascinating in their history, as are also the other 35 marae located in the Wairoa District.

Nestled along the beautiful Wairoa river, the small town of WAIROA is an undiscovered jewel - check out OSLERS and their world-famous meat pies. Then come to the OFFICIAL FESTIVAL POWHIRI at 3 pm Thursday 3rd June at Taihoa Marae, State Highway 2, Wairoa, followed with a reception dinner and our second annual WAIROA MAORI FILM NIGHT (6 pm, Thursday 3rd June, Taihoa Marae, Wairoa).

Then on Friday, travel along the coast past the precious wetlands of Whakaki to the historical Maori village of NUHAKA. Nuhaka is a name given to the town by the first ancestors who lived in the district after travelling from the ancient Maori home of Hawaiiki. Nuhaka is famous for its Fish and Chips and its historic Nuhaka General Store.

At the heart of Nuhaka is the KAHUNGUNU COMMUNITY MARAE, Ihaka Street, your host for the weekend for the remainders of festival activities. NUHAKA FILM WEEKEND PART ONE screenings take place Friday night and all day Saturday. Both days will include films from Maori and indigenous film makers, with these two days programmed by Festival Director Leo Koziol (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Rakaipaaka).

The main event is Saturday night with the WAIROA MAORI FILM AWARDS with a very special MC Te Hamua Nikora from Maori Television's Homai Te Pakipaki. Preceding the awards is the opening of KORE/TAHI/TAHI a multimedia arts installation curated by Festival Director Leo Koziol (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Rakaipaaka) and involving Aotearoa and global media artists.

NUHAKA FILM WEEKEND PART TWO screenings take place Sunday during the day and in the evening, and Monday morning until 12.30 pm. Part Two of the Nuhaka Film Festival is programmed by Festival Chairperson and local Nuhaka kaumatua Huia Koziol. The whole WAIROA MAORI FILM FESTIVAL weekend then formally closes with a POROPOROAKI luncheon before our guests and film-makers travel back to their homes.

Festival organisers are once again planning a laid-back atmosphere to the event, with ample opportunity to sample local sights including MORERE HOT SPRINGS, mineral waters from deep under the Pacific Sea, MAHIA PENINSULA beaches and wave action, and of course nearby GISBORNE with everything that global urban life offers.

JOIN US FOR THE WAIROA MAORI FILM FESTIVAL 2011, Taihoa Marae, Wairoa (June 2rd) and Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka (June 3rd to 6th), Wairoa District, our 6th annual celebration of the best in Maori and indigenous film arts and entertainment.

6 pm Matariki Short Films including:
Taku Rakau E
First Stage is Disbelief
Winter Boy
Ebony Society
Koro's Medal

6 pm Nuhaka Archive Films
Maori Romance Short Films
Kahu & Maia Maori Romance

6 pm SUNDAY DOUBLE FEATURE
6 pm HUGH & HEKE Pete Smith
7.30 pm TRACKER Temuera Morrison

The township of WAIROA is one hour by car from Gisborne and an hour and a half from Napier and Hastings. The village of NUHAKA is 40 mins by car from Gisborne and two hours by car from Napier and hastings.

There is a small airport in Wairoa, but it has no regular flight service. Daily flights from Auckland and Wellington go to Gisborne and Napier airports, with rental car services available at both locations. For flight bookings to Gisborne, check out the Air New Zealand website www.airnz.co.nz.

Gisborne Airport is our recommended airport if you are planning to attend the Nuhaka events. Nuhaka is an easy day trip from Gisborne, and visitors can look at booking our film & a hot pool package.

The road from Gisborne is less difficult and skirts the Wairoa coastline between Nuhaka and Wairoa township, an easy and flat road to and from the two towns. The road from Napier is more difficult, but includes a scenic journey past Lake Tutira and through the Mohaka gorge.

Inter City Coach Services run a daily service to Wairoa from Napier and Gisborne, with convenient connections across the North Island to Auckland and Wellington.

For all your travel planning needs contact the Wairoa Visitor Information Centre: Ph. 06.838.7440.

Te Roopu Whakaata Maori I Te Wairoa -
Wairoa Maori Film Festival Society Inc. (c) 2011