Author Simon Sigley

Simon Sigley

Simon Sigley (PhD) is an Auckland-based writer, educator, and producer who taught screen studies for many years at Massey University’s School of Humanities, Media, and Creative Communication, where he is now a Research Associate. He has published on film culture, film reception, authorship, and documentary film. His work focusses on the symbolic role and function of film in the cultural imaginary. At present, he is working on the French reception of Peter Jackson’s oeuvre and a history of New Zealand’s National Film Unit.

Of What is Merata Mita/Mauri the Name?

Simon Sigley

July 2023

CTEQ Annotations on Film

Mauri (1988) is the only feature-length fiction film that Merata Mita (1942–2010) made across her decades-long engagement with audio-visual narrative. It may also not be the work for which she is best remembere...