Kimiora Kaire-Melbourne

Directing

Biography

Kimiora Kaire-Melbourne is an award-winning Māori director and producer of culturally grounded films that honour Māori stories, embody traditional values, and promote Te Reo Māori.

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Through her daughter’s eyes, this film returns to Dame Whina Cooper’s homestead, a historic remnant of her legacy, revealing the whenua (land) that shaped the activist who would become Te Whaea o te Motu (Mother of a Nation).

Homesteads: Whina Cooper

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