Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer (1999)

In the end you realise money, fame — all those things are nothing if you don't have your health.

• Documentary

As the name of this short film promises, a filmmaker (Merata Mita), a cook (Anne Thorp) and a singer (Moana Maniapoto) sit down for an interview at Pākiri beach. With a focus on their personal lives, these highly accomplished wahine Māori are generous in sharing what motivates and challenges them in their mahi — with friendship a recurring theme. Filmed a year after the disbanding of her group Moana and the Moahunters, Maniapoto is particularly vulnerable in her reflections. The film was made by Honours student Sam Cruickshank as part of a Film and Media Studies degree at Auckland University.

Release date

July 26, 1999

Runtime

16m

Language

English

Director

Sam Cruickshank

Status

Released