Libby Hakaraia

The Robert Redford-founded Sundance Film Festival is one of the biggest annual film events on the calendar. Earlier this week our own Libby Hakaraia was announced as the recipient of this years Merata… Audio

The largest indigneous film festival in the world kicks off today in its tenth year on the Kapiti Coast.

Libby Hakaraia established the festival in 2014 and is stepping down after this year handing… Audio

One of the biggest international Indigenous film festivals is set to begin in Aotearoa next month. 

The ninth Māoriland Film Festival will feature 106 films over five days during Matariki.  

The… Audio

The independent Maori theatre and dance sectors are overflowing with people wanting to create work. But what's often holding them back is a lack of experienced producers, and somewhere to go for… Audio

Today's Bookmarks guest is the talented Libby Hakaraia, a filmmaker, tumu whakarae* of Māoriland, and director of the Māoriland film festival in Ōtaki. Audio

Four Maori and Pasifika Festivals are the first to receive up to $100,000 from the new Creative and Cultural Events Incubator fund. The government says the incubator fund provides seed and development… Audio

Māori film director Libby Hakaraia says Taika Waititi's Oscar win shows the world that indigenous film maker should be at the table. 

Yesterday Taika Waititi won Best Adapted Screenplay for his movie… Audio

Nine young Māori filmmakers are to get an opportunity of a life time on Thursday, when they travel overseas to study other Indigenous communities across the world.  Audio

New Zealand's international indigenous film festival Māoriland is running now until Sunday in the town of Ōtaki. Earlier this week, festival organisers launched a new indigenous filmmakers residency –… Video, Audio

Mathematics, science and English might be what we consider the core elements of a good education today, but back when women won the right to vote, learning to bake the perfect scone was considered an… Audio

A short film about two Ōtaki gravediggers has its premiere at the imagineNATIVE Film Festival in Toronto next week. The Grave Digger of Kapu is a companion piece to Libby Hakaraia's award-winning 2012… Video, Audio

There are the famous A-List Festivals of Europe - Cannes, Berlin and Venice. There's the equally prestigious Sundance Festival of Utah, the champion of smaller, independent films. Now there's growing… Audio