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WIFT MANA WAHINE AWARD TO KERI KAA

5/28/2013

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Press Release: Wednesday May 29, 2013

Representatives from Women in Film & Television (WIFT) NZ and the Wairoa Maori Film Festival Inc. are proud to announce that the 2013 WIFT Mana Wahine Award will be presented to Keri Kaa at this weekend's Gala Festival Awards.

The following is statement from WIFT regarding WIFT Mana Wahine Award recipient Keri Kaa:

"Keri Kaa personifies the concept of Mana Wahine and has worked tirelessly, diligently and with vision to support and promote Maori Culture, Te Reo Maori, Tikanga Maori and the Welfare and Stories of Aoteroa Wahine by supporting filmmakers, Maori Women Television-makers, Maori Women Script-writers and Maori Women Actors in Film and TV.

On top of her work in education, publishing and acting and advising in theatre and television she was brought into the film industry by the late Jim Booth in the 1980’s where she worked as a consultant to the Film Commission (NZFC) and later, on the Board of the newly formed Short Film Fund. She used her position to encourage policy makers to create a pathway for Maori filmmakers to tell their stories. As a trustee of the Te Manuka Trust representing the NZFC, she was an instrumental visionary in the ground breaking E Tipu E Rea series of short films which brought together, under producer Larry Parr, Maori  writers, directors actors and crew – Lee Tamahori, Riwia Brown, Don Selwyn, Rawiri Paratene, Temuera Morrison, Joanna Paul, Wi Kuki Kaa, Patricia Grace, Hone Tuwhare and Bruce Stewart. With a kaupapa of  Maori in key creative roles and as many behind the crew as possible, the Trust blazed a trail for Maori filmmaking and filmmakers. 

Change did not happen overnight but her persistence, practicality and straight talking contributed not just to many films and filmmakers but to the pivotal force behind the development of the Te Manu Aute collective (fore-runner of Nga Aho Whakaari).

In addition to her support for the development of Maori filmmakers, Keri’s long-term and on-going practical and moral support for women filmmakers generally, makes her the ideal candidate for a WIFT Mana Wahine Award at Wairoa in 2013."

Authorised  by Te Roopu Whakaata Maori I Te Wairoa - Wairoa Maori Film Festival Society Inc.

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OUR PANUI

5/10/2013

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WAIROA MAORI FILM FESTIVAL REMEMBERS THE DREAMS OF PAREKURA HOROMIA

A great Totara has fallen in Te Ao Maori. Parekura Horomia served as a Member of Parliament in the Ikaroa-Rawhiti electorate since 1999, and  recently died while still in office. Aue! He also served as the Minister of Maori Affairs for almost a decade, and was a staunch advocate for Wairoa and for Maori film making.

Parekura Horomia supported the Wairoa Maori Film Festival from its inception. He attended and spoke at all of the festivals whilst Minister of Maori Affairs, and made sure to continue his presence at the festivals since. In 2006, he created a Maori Film Scholarship programme that supported young Maori film makers nationally and locally in Wairoa.

While Wairoa remained a quiet corner of Aotearoa, Parekura Horomia fought for resources to be put in place in the district and a direct result of his work was the opening of the Te Puni Kokiri office in Wairoa.

"Parekura was a friend of Wairoa and a friend of the Maori film festival," says Festival Director Leo Koziol. "From the beginning he believed in us and he never stopped supporting us or dreaming our dream. He will be greatly missed."

Penei tonu matou
Ta te roimata hanga he kai maringi kino
E i... E i... Aue!

Moemae e hika!
Haere atu ra e te rangatira!
Haere atu ra!

I roto i nga ringaringa o te atua!

- Leo Koziol me te roopu whakaata Maori I Te Wairoa

Wairoa Maori Film Festival
Ancient Spirits Beckon
 * Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka May 30 - June 3 3013

Join us for a full weekend of kai korero films and film making. Over fifty films exploring the indigenous storytelling imperative. Documentary short films and features from established and emerging Maori film makers. Special guests from the Philippines and Australia. Film works from Australia, Mexico, Finland, USA, Canada, Philippines, France, Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa and Fiji. Join us! Nau mai! Nau mai! Haere mai!

Festival programme and new brand and website to be launched 13 May 2013. Watch this space!

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The Wairoa Maori Film  Festival was founded in 2005 with the purpose of supporting, recognising and presenting the indigenous storyteller narrative. We are a non profit, non political organisation Te Roopu Whakaata Maori i Te Wairoa - Wairoa Maori Film Festival Inc.