
June 19, 1942 · 84 years old
Merata Mita, CNZM was a New Zealand actress and filmmaker, as well as a key figure in the growth of the Māori screen industry. Mita was from the Māori tribes of Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāi Te Rangi.

In 1870, a Maori warrior working with the British finds his village massacred, and vows revenge.