Tanu Gago (MNZM) is an award-winning photographer, interdisciplinary artist, and filmmaker. He is a 2020 Arts Foundation Arts Laureate, 2020 CNZ Pacific Arts Contemporary Artist recipient, the 2014 Auckland Festival…

Welby Ings is an award-winning writer and director with numerous prize-winning short film credits. His recent short Sparrow, produced with Robin Murphy, was an official selection at over 80 festivals…

Briar March’s films are diverse but grounded in a passionate desire to connect, foster debate, and inspire social change. There Once was an Island: Te Henua a Nnoho, is an…

Tearepa (Ngāti Paoa, Waikato) has been coaching the Waitakere Vipers for six years and has just taken the reigns of the Waitakere Rangers Under 11’s. The Rangers are now halfway…

Born in Samoa, Oscar Kightley (MNZM) is an award-winning writer, actor and director who has created critically acclaimed work for the stage, small screen and big screen. Oscar is a…

Elizabeth Mitchell is a multi-award-winning writer and producer. She was the series creator/producer/writer/director of New Zealand’s first primetime animated series, the hit sitcom bro’Town, which garnered a hoard of accolades,…

Mia Henry-Teirney (Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kuri) is a Māori producer based in Aotearoa and is passionate about producing authentic local stories and sharing them with global…

Quinton Hita has been at the vanguard of te reo Māori broadcasting in television, film, and radio for more than 20 years. He started as a presenter on Mai Time on TVNZ,…

Paula Whetu Jones (Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Porou) is a mother, grandmother, the Director of Whitiora Productions Ltd and a New Zealand Māori filmmaker. Paula has directed and produced…

E tū tonu ana taku maunga ko Whakarongorua, e whakarongo ana ki ngā tai e rua o te Tai Tokerau. Ki te tai tamawahine e papaki ana ki Taumarere -…