Libby Hakaraia Explained

Elizabeth Anne Hakaraia is a New Zealand film producer and director.[1]

Biography

Hakaraia was raised in Lower Hutt and started her broadcasting career at Radio Waikato when she was 17 years old.[2] When she was 20, she moved to Radio Aotearoa and later to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. After some time living and working in Europe she returned to New Zealand and worked on National Radio’s Māori magazine show Whenua.[3]

In the later 1990s Hakaraia began researching, producing, writing and directing documentaries and television series. In 2004 she founded her own production company, Blue Bach Productions.

In 2014 Hakaraia established the Māoriland Film Festival; two years later the Māoriland Charitable Trust opened a cinema and arts space which Hakaraia manages.[4]

Hakaraia has been a jury member at ImagineNATIVE, the world’s largest indigenous film festival, and an executive member of Screen Production and Development Association and Ngā Aho Whakaari.

In the early 2000s Hakaraia wrote a book for adult readers and another for children about Matariki, a Māori celebration of the new year.

In the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hakaraia was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the film and media industries.

Filmography

!Year!Title!Medium!Role!Notes
2021CousinsFeature filmProducer[5]
2018The Gravedigger of KapuShort filmDirector and writer[6]
2017My Party Song (first episode)Television series episodeCo-director and producer[7]
2016Ra'satsteShort filmExecutive producer
2016Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori CinemaTelevision documentaryDirector and sound recordist[8]
2013–2015My Country SongTelevision seriesProducer[9]
2013The ProphetsTelevision documentaryDirector[10]
2012Requiem for CharlieTelevision documentaryProducer
2010The Scotsman and the MāoriTelevision documentaryWriter, co-director and producer[11]
2009MakeretiTelevision documentaryDirector
2009KehuaShort filmProducer[12]
2008The Lawnmower Men of KapuShort filmDirector and writerWinner, People's Choice Award: Wairoa Māori Film Festival, 2012[13]
2006Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True StoryTelevision documentaryProducer and director[14]
2006New Brighton RoadTelevision documentaryProducer
2005–2011Tātai HonoTelevision seriesProducer[15]
2005Manhattan MāoriTelevision documentaryDirector[16]
2005Whangai – Who Gets Baby?TelevisionProducer and director
2004Rediscovering the Lost Songs of Sir Apirana NgataTelevision documentaryProducer and director[17]
2003Gang KidsTelevision filmDirectorWinner, TV/Film Award: Media Peace Awards, 2004[18]
2002Chinks, Coconuts and Curry-munchersTelevision documentaryDirector[19]
2001–2003Mercury LaneTelevision seriesDirector[20]
2001Ihi FrenzyTelevision documentaryDirector[21]
2001Trip of a LifetimeTelevisionDirector
1999TaumataTelevisionProducer
1999Hell for LeatherTelevision documentaryWriter[22]

Publications

Personal life

Hakaraia's iwi are Ngāti Kapumanawawhiti, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Te Āti Awa.[26] Her partner is film producer Tainui Stevens .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit . 2022-07-23 . The Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit . en-NZ.
  2. Web site: Queen's Birthday Honours: Libby Hakaraia recognised for advancing Māori storytelling . 2022-07-23 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  3. Web site: Libby Hakaraia . 2022-07-23 . www.nzonscreen.com . en.
  4. Web site: 2022-06-05 . Libby Hakaraia-Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours 2022 . 2022-07-23 . Waatea News: Māori Radio Station . en-NZ.
  5. Web site: Cousins . 2022-07-23 . New Zealand Film Commission . en.
  6. Web site: 2018-10-16 . The Grave Digger of Kapu: a Kiwi short film about 'spiritual heavy lifting' . 2022-07-23 . RNZ . en-nz.
  7. Web site: Libby Hakaraia . 2022-07-23 . www.nzonscreen.com . en.
  8. Web site: Yates . Siena . 2016-02-04 . New documentary 'Hautoa Ma' examines the rise of Maori film . 2022-07-23 . Stuff . en.
  9. Web site: County Music Show to Premiere on Māori Television . 2022-07-23 . Māori Television . en.
  10. Web site: Māori Prophets Come To Life In Māori Television Series . 2022-07-23 . Māori Television . en.
  11. Web site: The Scotsman and the Maori . 2022-07-23 . FIFO Tahiti . fr-FR.
  12. Web site: Kehua . 2022-07-23 . www.hawaii.edu.
  13. Web site: Strang . Ben . 2012-07-04 . Otaki marae film a festival hit . 2022-07-23 . Stuff . en.
  14. Web site: Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story . 2022-07-23 . www.nzonscreen.com . en.
  15. Web site: April 23, 2007 . Re-Connecting Whanau With Tatai Hono . 2022-07-23 . www.scoop.co.nz.
  16. Web site: Documentary New Zealand - Manhattan Maori . 2022-07-23 . ngataonga.org.nz . en.
  17. Web site: Rediscovering the Lost Songs of Sir Apirana Ngata . 2022-07-23 . ngataonga.org.nz . en.
  18. Web site: November 14, 2004 . Media Peace Awards Presented . 2022-07-23 . www.scoop.co.nz.
  19. Web site: 2002-01-01 . Chinks, Coconuts and Curry-munchers . 2022-07-23 . DigitalNZ . en.
  20. Web site: Mossman . Producer: Philippa . Jennings . Director: Jane . Hakaraia . Director: Libby . Bancroft . Director: Andrew . Manson . Executive Producer: Tony . Woolly . Line Producer: Karren . Henderson . Production Assistant: Kylie . Stevenson . Production Co-Ordinator: Emilie . Harre . Director of Photography: Rewa . Mercury Lane: Series I. Episode 06 . 2022-07-23 . DigitalNZ . en.
  21. Web site: IHI FRENZY . 2022-07-23 . ngataonga.org.nz . en.
  22. Web site: Hell for Leather . 2022-07-23 . www.nzonscreen.com . en.
  23. Book: Hakaraia, Libby . Matariki: the Maori New Year . 2008 . Raupo . 978-0-14-301018-0 . North Shore, N.Z. . 232659902.
  24. Book: Hakaraia . Libby . Te kahui o Matariki: contemporary Maori art for Matariki . Urlich . Colleen Waata . 2008 . Raupo . 978-0-14-300934-4 . North Shore City, N.Z. . en . 213382039.
  25. Book: Hakaraia, Libby . Matariki. . 2004 . Reed . 978-0-7900-0968-1 . Auckland . en . 1045742160.
  26. Web site: Wilkes . Mikaela . 2021-03-26 . Inside the special women's whare of Cousins film producer Libby Hakaraia . 2022-07-23 . Stuff . en.

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