In 2016, Latta co-found Ruckus Films, a production company which produced several award-winning feature documentaries including Born This Way: Awa’s Story and Stan.

[3] Latta has worked as a consultant in his field for private companies and government social service agencies, including Department of Corrections, the New Zealand Police and Child Youth and Family.

He was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours, for services as a psychologist.

[3] He attended Waitaki Boys' High School and earned a MSc in marine science at the University of Otago.

In September 2024, Latta revealed that he had been diagnosed with "inoperable and incurable" terminal cancer, and that he is undergoing chemotherapy that had shrunk the tumour by about 60 percent.