Maaka Pohatu
Actor at AFIN
New Zealand (from their AFIN films)
Musician · Actor · New Zealand
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AFIN recognition
From the Judges, on SEARCH FOR HAWAIKI (2025)
From the Judges, on SEARCH FOR HAWAIKI
A tender family story that engages with mental health and the stigma surrounding it, this short earns its warmth through heartfelt storytelling and characters who feel genuinely lived-in. The panel responded to the performances across the adult cast, led by a wholly believable turn that carries real emotional weight, and to cinematic wide-shot framing that lends the film considerable production value. Costume and production design place these characters firmly in their world, and it left them wanting more.
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Credits at AFIN
New Zealand Selected filmography beyond AFIN
Primarily credited in acting across their wider career, per TMDB.
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The Rule of Jenny Pen Dr. Neels1h 44m2025 Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
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Happiness Mikaere Dean2025 Charlie Summers, ex-Kiwi Broadway director, is forced by circumstance to return to his home town of Tauranga, where his mum makes him join her amateur theatre society.
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Time Bandits Gavin2024 Eleven-year-old Kevin's passion for history is put to the test when he joins a ragtag group of time-traveling thieves on a high-stakes and hilarious adventure.
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Miles from Nowhere Waheed2024 A young Kiwi-Muslim songwriter named Said is having a crisis. His fiancee left him, his career's non-existent, and his mum worries he's losing touch with his faith. Said risks it all when he befriends an SIS agent.
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Far North Stevie48m per episode2023 The (mostly) true story of how the most comically inept gang to ever join forces got half a billion dollars' worth of meth to New Zealand shores - and nearly to market. And they would have got away with it too, if it wasn't for a pesky 70-year-old Māori diesel mechanic and his aqua-aerobics instructing wife!
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Our Flag Means Death John Bartholomew2022 After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard.
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Kiwi & Cat: Mānawatia a Matariki Sergeant Maaka (voice)7m per episode2022 It's a starry night but Kiwi and Cat can't sleep. Intrigued by the stars of Matariki, they embark on an adventure into the ngahere.
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Wellington Paranormal Sergeant Maaka21m per episode2018 New Zealand's capital is a hotbed of supernatural activity... so Officers Minogue and O'Leary, who featured in the vampire documentary What We Do In The Shadows, take to the streets to investigate all manner of paranormal phenomena.
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