Director Taika Waititi has joined the Hollywood names praising Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti, and suggested corporates could show support for te reo Māori by funding screenings of Moana 2 Reo Māori . “Big week for Māori,” Waititi told his three million Instagram followers in a video posted on Wednesday. “The hīkoi looks amazing,” he said, acknowledging the tens of thousands of people who marched to Parliament in Wellington yesterday.
He then segued to talk about “another great thing” happening this month, the November 28 release of Moana 2, calling attention to Matewa Media’s te reo Māori version of the Disney film. The Our Flag Means Death director invited “corporates” to support the film by sponsoring a screening..