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Biography: Harris, Witarina Te Miriarangi

Filming The devil’s pit

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Witarina Harris (then Mitchell) starred in the silent film The devil’s pit in 1929. She talks about the experience in this 1987 television appearance. The hand-coloured publicity still features the film’s alternate title, Under the Southern Cross

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Image: Stills Collection, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Unknown depositor. S3919

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Emma-Jean Kelly. 'Harris, Witarina Te Miriarangi', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/47235/filming-the-devils-pit (accessed 4 June 2026).