Part of New Zealandʻs premiere national film festival, Kapaemahu is programmed with the Nga Whanaunga Maori Pasifika Shorts, collection of Māori and Pasifika short films curated by Leo Koziol (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Rakaipaaka), Director of the Wairoa Māori Film Festival, with guest co-curator Craig Fasi (Niue), Director of the Pollywood Film Festival..