IKura Huna by IA
Band Name: IA
Song Title: Kura Huna
Release Date: 12 Jul 2024
Culture: Māori Country:
Aotearoa New Zealand
Langauge: Te Reo Māori
Composers: Moetu Smith, Reti Hedley Producer: Reti Hedley Lyric Video: Stephen Hutt Funded by: Te Mangai Paho
Me by IA
Me Band Name: IA
Song Title: Me
Release Date: 08 Sep 2023
Country: Aotearoa New Zealand
Langauge: Te Reo Māori
Writers: Reti Hedley, Ruth Smith, Choice Vaughan and Mohi Allen. Composers: Reti Hedley, Moetu Smith, Choice Vaughan. Produced: Reti Hedley Mixed & Mastered: Reti Hedley Director: Moehau Hodges-Tai DOP: Joe Hitchcock Visual Artist: Marcus Winter Funded by: Te Māngai Pāho & NZ on Air
MAUNGA CASSINO
Aotearoa New Zealand, 16 min
Director Paolo Rotondo, Writers Paolo Rotondo and Rob Mokaraka (Māori)
Italy, World War 2. In the shadow of Monte Cassino Monastery, a battle-hardened Māori soldier pursues a rooster into a stable but hidden inside an Italian deserter hides. They find themselves trapped in a dangerous standoff.
SHADES OF BLUE AND GREEN
Aotearoa New Zealand, 10 min
Director Leigh Minarapa (Māori)
Gem tries to stay strong as she grows increasingly concerned for her partner's pain.
KŌKAKO
Aotearoa New Zealand, 14 min
Director Douglas Brooks (Māori)
An aspiring ornithologist braves the New Zealand wilderness searching for a bird thought to be extinct when she learns of her grandmother's death.
CHATTERBOX
Aotearoa New Zealand, 14 min
Director Tainui Tukiwaho (Māori)
A woman struggles with her relationship with her body. It's not that she hates it, it's just she wishes her vagina would stop calling her bitch.
MANU COMES FROM AOTEAROA
Director Suzanne Kiri Tamaki (Māori) • 2 min
Manu, the plastic Māori, is sharing her korero about Aotearoa.