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Libby Hakaraiashe/her
Māori - Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kapu, Toa RangatiraNew Zealand
Libby’s talent and dedication has been recognized worldwide with her short films being screened internationally. She has produced two feature films, Cousins (2021) and Kōkā (2024), as well as over 15 short films, along with co-producing The NATIVE Slam event for the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, an international Indigenous film challenge which resulted in 21 films.
In 2014, Libby led the establishment of the Māoriland Film Festival in her tribal home of Ōtaki. In 2016 she created the Māoriland Center of Excellence in Film and Creative Arts and in 2018 she was awarded the Women in Film and Television Entrepreneur Award. Libby was given the honour of Officer of the Order of New Zealand for her outstanding services to media and film in 2023, and she was selected for the 2024 Sundance Merata Mita Fellowship. Libby has a slate of film projects in development, including her highly anticipated directorial debut feature film.
Official Selection
Feature Films
Festival Year2025
Kōkā (Matriarch)
Producer
Canadian Premiere
Short Films
Festival Year2023
Brolesque
Director, Writer
2022
The Voyager's Legacy
Producer
2022
Giving Up the Ghost
Co-Director
2022
The Politics of Toheroa Soup
Producer
2018
Ara Marumaru (The Shadow)
Executive Producer
2018
Taonga
Executive Producer
2018
The Gravedigger of Kapu
Director, Producer
2018
Moa Ma Le Pinko (Chicken and Bingo)
Executive Producer
2018
Te Kaitiaki (The Guardian)
Co-Producer
2017
Ka Puta Ko Au
Producer
2013
The Lawnmower Men of Kapu
Director
Year-Round Programming
2025
Artist Spotlight Directory Retrospective Streaming | The Lawnmower Men of Kapu
Director
A month-long free online streaming presentation, celebrating the launch of the Artist Spotlight Directory.
Events
2016
The NATIVE Slam Competition
Co-Producer
Which resulted in 21 films made by 60 filmmakers.
2002
Breaking Into The Waves: Kickstart a Career in Radio
Panelist
2001
Radio Waves In Your Direction
Panelist
