Te Taurima Whakaata Maori i te Wairoa | Wairoa Maori & Indigenous Film Festival 2010

THANK YOU WAIROA NGA MIHI NUI

The Board and Volunteer Team of this year's Wairoa Maori Film Festival would like to thank the people of Wairoa, Taihoa Marae, Nuhaka, and Kahungunu Marae for their wonderful support of this year's film festival.We had packed houses at both screenings of BOY tamariki sprawled all over Marae on mattresses.

See you next year WAIROA MAORI FILM FESTIVAL 2010
Theme "Maori Romance" June 2nd to 6th Rugby World Cup Year!!

June 2nd WAIROA FILM NIGHT Taihoa Marae Wairoa
June 3rd to 6th FILM WEEKEND Kahungunu Marae Nuhaka
TO LOVE A MAORI * BROKEN BARRIER * KAHU & MAIA
MATARIKI * KIDS SHORT FILM MATINEE * AND MORE

Thank you to our Sponsors the New Zealand Film Commission & Creative NZ Te Roopu Whakaata Maori I Te Wairoa Inc.

MANA WAIROA AWARDS

Best Male Actor (Short Film) Aotearoa:Tuhoe Isaac in DAY TRIP

Best Female Actor (Short Film) Aotearoa: Shannon Claire in URU

Best Male Actor (Feature Film) Aotearoa: James Rolleston in BOY

Best Female Actor (Feature Film) Aotearoa: Helen Pearse-Otene

in NO PETROL NO DIESEL
Best Non-Human Actor Aotearoa: Leaf in BOY

Best International Indigenous Entry: REEL INJUN by Neil Diamond

Best Aotearoa Feature Drama: STRENGTH OF WATER
by Armagan Ballantyne & Briar Grace-Smith

Best Aotearoa Documentary: THIS WAY OF LIFE by the Karena Family

Aotearoa Short Dramatic Film – Audience Award:
URU by Hiona Henare

FESTIVAL PRIZE
BOY by Taika Waititi
Producers Ainsley Gardiner, Cliff Curtis, Emanuel Michael
Co Producer Merata Mita

MANA WAIROA AWARD
HAWAII A VOICE FOR SOVEREIGNTY
by Catherine Bauknight and the Native Hawaiian people

TAIHOA MARAE, WAIROA Thursday 3rd June 2010
KAHUNGUNU MARAE, NUHAKA, WAIROA DISTRICT
Friday 4th June to Monday 7th June 2010

TE TAURIMA WHAKAATA MAORI I TE WAIROA
Kai Mo Te Ngakau * Food for the Soul * Theme 2010 "WAKA"
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 "BOY"
6 pm Thursday 3 June
$10 Per Person/$5 Kids/Kaumatua
Taihoa Marae, Wairoa

TAKING WAIROA TO WARSAW,
NUHAKA TO NEW YORK FILM HUI
10 am to 4 pm Friday 4 June
Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Wairoa District

NUHAKA FILM WEEKEND PART ONE
Friday 4 June 6 pm to 9 pm $5 Per Person: "Strength of Water"
Sat. 5 June 10 am to 4 pm $10 All Day/$5 Kids & Kaumatua
Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Wairoa District

KORE/TAHI/KORE
Audio Visual Installation Opening
Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Wairoa District
6 pm Sat 5 June

WAIROA MAORI FILM AWARDS & DINNER
BENEATH THE MAORI MOON
Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Wairoa District
7 pm Saturday 5 June $40 Per Person

NUHAKA FILM WEEKEND PART TWO
Sunday 6 June 10 am to 8 pm $10 All Day/$5 Kids & Kaumatua
Sunday June 6 8 pm Encore Screening "BOY" $10/$5 Kids/Kaumatua
Monday 7 June 10 am to 1 pm $5 Per Person All Day
Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Wairoa District

MURUPARA FILM FESTIVAL
Saturday June 12th & Sunday June 13th
Presented by Network Murupara

TE PAPA Museum of New Zealand
Matariki Short Film Festival: Saturday June 19th 2 pm

UNITEC PRESENTS MOVIES AT THE MARAE
Matariki Festival Auckland June 14th to July 14th

Unitec Marae Auckland 7 pm 24 June
Piritahi Marae Waiheke Island 7 pm 3 July
Te Tira Hou Marae Panmure 7 pm 5 July
Piringatahi Marae West Harbour 7 pm 8 July
Manurewa Marae Manurewa 10 July

CORBAN ESTATE ARTS CENTRE
Matariki Short Film Festival: Friday June 25th 7pm

INVERCARGILL
Matariki Short Film Festival
Centre Stage: Saturday June 26th 7.30 pm

PAPAKURA
Matariki Short Film Festival: Hawkin's Theatre
Wednesday July 14th 12.30 pm & 7.30 pm

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 the first ever 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 and stunning musical guest soon to be announced. Preceding the awards is the opening of KORE/TAHI/KORE 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 1 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 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 2010, Taihoa Marae, Wairoa (June 4th) and Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka (June 5th to 7th), Wairoa District, our fifth anniversary celebration of the best in Maori and indigenous film arts and entertainment.

MAORI FILM HUI Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka
Wairoa District 10 am to 4 pm Friday June 4th 2010

Free entry please pre-register email Maorimovies@gmail.com
Phone Huia Koziol 06 837 8854

THE WORLD OF FILM TELEVISION AND MEDIA ARTS is in a time of dramatic flux and change. YouTube and the Internet have exploded on to the scene and indigenous cultures around the world have embraced New Media to reinvigorate their Reo, reconnect their global Whanau, and create new narratives and modes of storytelling.

Here in Aotearoa, Maori Television is now a permanent part of our culture and television viewing habits. Taika Waititi's "BOY" is currently top of the NZ Box Office. Australian Aboriginal film maker Warwick Thornton took out the Camera d'Or at Cannes. And the central iconic image of James Cameron's "Avatar" is a poignant hongi between a Native Nav'i and a Pakeha American.

Join us on the second day of the Wairoa Maori Film Festival for a full-day hui on the future of native culture and storytelling. Learn about the latest opportunities -- like isuma.tv, gogglebox and indigitube -- to expose your film works to audiences globally. Skype chat with indigenous film makers around the world. Sample the latest Te Reo Maori iPod and iPad applications. Hear how Nga Aho Whakaari, Script to Screen and Te Paepae Ataata are working to support our independent film and television sector.

The kaupapa of this hui is "Taking Wairoa to Warsaw, Taking Nuhaka to New York." Learn how Maori and kiwi films took Poland by storm at the Wroclaw film festival. Hear about our festival director's experiences at the Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan. And explore opportunities for our unique stories and narratives to thrive and survive in the global marketplace.

Places at this hui are limited, but entry is free. Please RSVP to Huia Koziol, Festival Chairperson, on 06 837 8854 or alternatively email maorimovies@gmail.com to apply to attend.

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.

Wairoa Maori Film Festival Society Inc.
C/- PO Box 85, NUHAKA
WAIROA DISTRICT
Aotearoa New Zealand

Email: maorimovies@gmail.com

www.manawairoa.com

Ph.Chairperson - Huia Koziol (64)6.837.8854 Ph. Festival Director - Leo Koziol maorimovies@gmail.com

Te Roopu Whakaata Maori I Te Wairoa -
Wairoa Maori Film Festival Society Inc. (c) 2010