Native In Nuhaka

T?n? koutou katoa!

We are a bunch of kids from Aotearoa who grew up watching classic New Zealand films.

We love New Zealand film so much that in June this year we started making a short documentary about the love affair between M?ori and Cinema. We wanted to talk to people about their early experiences with film.

With the support of a few mates we pulled together a small crew and drove to Nuhaka to the Wairoa M?ori Film Festival to interview the festival organisers, watch movies, meet the filmmakers, hang out with some of the audience members and interview some of the locals.

When we got back to Auckland and watched the footage we realised how inspiring the interviews were and how willing people were to talk about M?ori cinema. We were so impressed by the people we met and the stories they shared that it made us think twice about the potential of our short documentary - maybe we could develop it into a full length feature film and take it on the road?

So one thing lead to another and suddenly we're here on Boosted. 

We're asking for donations, crowd funding or koha.. whatever you want to call it. We don't need a lot of money but with the funds we raise we'll be able to hire a good camera, do more interviews around Aotearoa, cover costs for post production, buy a website and pay someone to help with a solid marketing and distribution plan to take our film around the world.

So join our team and help us share our passion for M?ori cinema with the world.