Tinā is a 2024 New Zealand drama film written and directed by Miki Magasiva. It stars Anapela Polataivao as a dissatisfied substitute teacher, recently bereaved after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake killed her daughter. She begins to work at an elite private school and starts a student choir.^[1] The film premiered at the Hawaii International Film Festival on 8 October 2024,^[2] and was released in cinemas on 27 February 2025.^[3]

In 2011, Mareta Percival is a cynical and disillusioned substitute teacher from Christchurch who is mourning the death of her daughter in the recent earthquake. Needing the money, she reluctantly accepts a position at a largely Pākehā and rigidly conservative private school. There, she begins a choir, and coaches her students for the upcoming national Big Sing competition. Mareta builds a community of like-minded students traumatised by the earthquake and inspires them.^[1]

The film was a joint production between The Brown Factory and the New Zealand Film Commission. The film was shot on location between September and October 2023.^[4] Despite being set in Christchurch, it was also filmed in Auckland.^[4] Tinā is 124 minutes long and is in English and Samoan.^[1]

The choir music was written and arranged by Tuilagi Dr. Igelese Ete, who previously worked on the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Moana.^[4]

The film premiered at the Hawaii International Film Festival on 8 October 2024,^[2] and in New Zealand at the Civic Theatre in Auckland on 11 February 2025.^[5]

Simon Morris of Radio New Zealand gave Tinā a positive review, writing that the film was "full of comedy, tragedy, conflict, inspiration and it has to be said, some generous dollops of schmaltz." He also praised director-writer Miki Magasiva and Anapela Pola-tai-vao's portrayal of the protagonist Mareta. Morris also liked the plot of Mareta bonding with uptight, rich Pakeha children particularly teenager Sophia through music.^[6]