Merata Mita was a New Zealand filmmaker, producer, and writer, and a key figure in the growth of the Māori screen industry. Mita was the first indigenous woman and the first woman in New Zealand to solely write and direct a dramatic feature film Mauri (1988).
- Occupation
- film director, actor, film producer, screenwriter
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Born
- June 19, 1942
- Died
- May 31, 2010
