Samoan-born Miki Magasiva is set to release his first feature directorial debut in the coming days.

Magasiva made a name for himself crafting short films and commericials - and his work on miniseries The Panthers won him a best director award at the 2022 New Zealand Television Awards.

His new feature film, Tinā tells the story of a Samoan teacher working at a private school while struggling with the death of her daughter.

"I love humour - and I wanted to do an emotional story when I set out to do it, so I'm just stoked."

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