Experience

Māoriland Charitable Trust
• Managing Director and Festival

  • Feb 2014 - Present


Māoriland Film Festival

• Festival Director

  • 2013 - Present

  Māoriland Film Festival is an annual International Indigenous Film Festival held in Ōtaki New Zealand. Launched in 2014 Māoriland has grown form strength to strength and is considered a must attend event on the indigenous film circuit. MĀORILAND 2017 BY THE NUMBERS 121 Events over five days 8 NZ premieres of award winning films 100 films from 15 countries and 71 indigenous nations 35 New Zealand films 60 works by female directors 2 big outdoor screenings 32 international filmmakers in attendance 1300 rangatahi in screenings & workshops 9,500 attendees in Ōtaki over 5 days Show less



Blue Bach Productions Ltd

• Company Director

  • 2003 - Present

  Blue Bach Productions Ltd is committed to telling stories that reflect the cultures and landscapes of New Zealand. We have made many hours of prime time television including documentaries, documentary series and entertainment series including the iconic high rating NZ family show It's in the Bag. We have also made promotional films for Tourism NZ, Maori Tourism, Creative NZ (Venice Biennale), the Ministry of Culture and Heritage (Frankfurt Book Fair & 2011 Rugby World Cup), NZ Festival of the Arts & Auckland Arts Festivals. Blue Bach Productions Ltd is an award winning Film & Television Production company that operates from sunny Otaki Beach on the Kapiti Coast, 1 hour north of Wellington. Our work takes us around New Zealand as well as around the World. The sanctuary of Otaki allows us to complete projects to the highest possible quality. Otaki is the tribal home of Managing Director, Libby Hakaraia (Ngati Kapumanawawhiti, Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa Rangatira, Te Ati Awa); Show less


Blue Bach Productions
• Producer/Director

  • 1999 - 2012