Nau Mai! Nau Mai! Haere Mai!

WAIROA MAORI FILM & ART FESTIVAL 2021

Queen’s Birthday Weekend June 2nd to 7th June 2021
Celebrating 16 Years of the Maori Film Festival
Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, Thursday June 3rd
Gaiety Theatre, Wairoa, Wed June 2nd to Mon June 7th

NAU MAI! NAU MAI! HAERE MAI!
TO A CELEBRATION OF MAORI CINEMA

Wairoa Maori Film Festival 2021
KAHUNGUNU MARAE, NUHAKA WEDNESDAY JUNE 3RD
Gaiety Theatre, Wairoa JUNE WED JUNE 2ND to MON JUNE 7TH
Matariki - queen’s birthday Weekend

Nau Mai! Nau Mai! Haere Mai! Wairoa Maori Film Festival 2021!

Join us for the 16th annual Wairoa Maori Film Festival, to be held at the Gaiety Theatre. Wairoa, and Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka from Thursday, June 3 to Monday, June 7.

We have a full weekend of films in Wairoa, and three big nights:

Friday - Mana Maori Shorts 2021 films ($25) at the Gaiety Theatre
Saturday - Festival Gala Dinner & Awards ($50) at Wairoa War Memorial Hall
Sunday - PIXIE WILLIAMS Documentary & Live Music Cabaret ($50) at the Gaiety Theatre

Founded in 2005, the Wairoa Māori Film Festival is the longest running Māori and indigenous film festival in NZ. The festival occurs every Queen's Birthday weekend on the East Coast of the North Island, at Kahungunu Marae in Nuhaka and at the Gaiety Theatre in Wairoa. The festival each year is part of the living history of Māori and New Zealand cinema.

In 2021. we are once again presenting a four day weekend of films at the Gaiety Theatre in Wairoa.

Our full festival programme is now online.

Ticket costs:

A full Festival Delegate Screening Pass ($100) and tickets to the 15th Anniversary Dinner & Awards ($50) can be pre-purchased online. BUY ONLINE

Friday's special event "Finding Our Voice" is only $20 and Saturday's special event "A Night At the Maori Movies" is only $20.
BUY ONLINE

Sunday’s Gala 15th Anniversary Dinner & Awards, with special guest Kui Wano, is only $50 and is held in the stunning Taihoa Marae. BUY ONLINE

All other tickets are door sales as follows:

Gaiety Theatre - Feature Films $10, Short Films $5 - sales at Taihoa Marae & Gaiety Theatre

Taihoa Marae Stay $25 night (in marae or tent site).

Meals at the marae are $10 each (BBQ Friday and Saturday & Sunday brunch; Friday lunch is complimentary to guests) -
sales at Taihoa Marae only

HERE ARE THE FESTIVAL SCREENINGS & SPECIAL EVENTS FOR 2020

WAIROA MAORI FILM FESTIVAL: PROGRAMME 2020

FRIDAY OCT 23

Taihoa Marae
11 am Official Powhiri
12 pm Welcome Luncheon
12 pm to 4 pm Registrations & Festival Lounge Open

Gaiety Theatre
1 pm Ka Huaka’i Journey to Merrie Monarch ($5)
2.30 pm Solid Shorts ($5)
4 pm Around the World Shorts ($5)
6 pm Rangatahi Shorts ($5)
with sausage sizzle

Gaiety Theatre Big Night #1 ($20 ticket includes kai)
7 pm Special Event: Finding Our Voice - Short Films including Wairoa Made:
Kahurangi by Kayla Hamilton
9.30 pm Alien Addiction presented by Rocket Lab

SATURDAY

Taihoa Marae
10 am to 4 pm
Festival Lounge Open
Artists Stalls

Clyde Hotel - Marine Parade, Korou Digital
Open Day 10 am to 2 pm

Gaiety Theatre
10 am In Real Life Shorts ($5)
11.30 am Pasifika Shorts I ($5)
1 pm Ruahine Stories In Our Skin - Hiona Henare ($10)
3 pm Same But Different
- Nikki Si’ulepa ($10)

Gaiety Theatre Big Night #2 ($20 ticket includes kai)
6 pm Nga Aho Whakaari Welcome Reception
7 pm Special Event: A Night At The Maori Movies - 15 years of the Maori film festival
& new Maori Shorts 2020
including:
Hangi Pants - by Jake Mokomoko
Gurl - by Mika

SUNDAY

Gaiety Theatre
10.30 am Return to Gandhi Road ($10)
12.30 pm Whanau Shorts ($5)
2 pm Loimata The Sweetest Tears ($10)
4 pm Rūrangi ($10)
& Gurl by Mika

Taihoa Marae
Big Night #3:
15th Anniversary Festival
Awards Dinner ($50 ticket)
Taihoa Marae, Wairoa
6 pm Welcome Reception
7 pm 15th Anniversary Festival Dinner & Awards
Entertainment: Kui Wano

Gaiety Theatre
9 pm Jojo Rabbit ($10)

MONDAY

Gaiety Theatre, Wairoa

10.30 am Kaumatua Shorts ($5)

12 pm Cross Currents Shorts ($5)

1.30 pm Pasifika Shorts II ($5)

3 pm Tokyo Hula ($10)

5 pm Gather ($10)

7 pm Tupaia’s Endeavour ($10)

Presented by Kaporangi Kiriata Film Arts Trust