Kath Akuhata-Brown (New Zealand)
Commissioner
Whakaata Māori

Kath is an award winning filmmaker who joined the Commissioning team at Whakaata Maori mid 2022.

Previous executive roles include Development Executive at the New Zealand Film Commission and Chair of Script to Screen New Zealand.  She was a board member on the Maori industry guild Nga Aho Whakaari.   


Company Bio

New Zealand’s national indigenous media organisation, Whakaata Māori (formerly known as Māori Television), promotes, revitalises and normalises the Māori language by taking a digital-first, audience-led approach in the delivery of educational, entertaining and engaging programming.

We showcase free-to-air, online and on demand content in a range of formats across multiple platforms with our audience – anywhere, any time and on any device.