Matewa Media is a New Zealand production company that dubs Disney animated films into the Māori language.
[12] The cast of The Lion King Reo Māori was announced in May 2022, with Mataara Stokes as Simba, Arihia Cassidy as Nala, Piripi Taylor as Mufasa, Matu Ngaropo as Scar, and Matai Rae and Justin Rogers as Timon and Pumbaa respectively.
[16] The cast of Frozen Reo Māori was announced in September 2022, with Jaedyn Randell as Anna, Awhimai Fraser as Elsa, Kawiti Waetford as Kristoff, James Tito as Hans, and Pere Wihongi as Olaf.
[19] Matewa Media secured another $500,000 in funding from NZ On Air to produce them in December 2022,[20] and the release of Coco Reo Māori was set for Matariki 2023.
[22] The characters speak in the Ngāti Porou dialect due to the iwi having many descendants of Spanish trader Manuel José.