Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi has been honoured on New Zealand’s Queen’s birthday list for services to film.
In New Zealand, Waititi is beloved, and his earlier films, namely Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, are the highest-grossing New Zealand films of all time.
Last month, Waititi was announced as the director of the new Star Wars film, after impressing Hollywood with his big-action blockbuster, Thor: Ragnarok.
Waititi told Radio New Zealand that an award from New Zealand meant more than any other, and Boy, set on the East Cape, remained the work he was most proud of.