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Bailey Mackey (born 1977), former head of sport for Maori Television; executive producer of The GC; ex-husband of former Shortland Street actress Emmeline Hawthorne who has relocated to Gisborne) Margaret Moth (1951–2010), CNN photojournalist; Henare te Ua (1933–2007), broadcaster; Neil Waka, former TVNZ journalist
Moana Maree Maniapoto MNZM (born 22 June 1961) is a New Zealand singer, songwriter and documentary maker. [1] Widely considered one of New Zealand's most successful indigenous acts, [2] her music is described as a fusion of traditional Māori haka, chants and taonga pūoro, with contemporary soul, reggae and classical styles. [3]
Player Appearances Years Affiliations; Margaret Matangi [19]: 1: 1938: Te Āti Awa, Taranaki, Ngāti Mutunga June Mariu [20]: 3: 1960: Ngāti Porou Tilly Vercoe [21]: 19: 1967–1971
Māori are the second-largest ethnic group in New Zealand, after European New Zealanders (commonly known by the Māori name Pākehā). In addition, more than 170,000 Māori live in Australia. The Māori language is spoken to some extent by about a fifth of all Māori, representing three per cent of the total population.
Rika was born in Wellington to a Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe, Te Arawa and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui mother and a Samoan father, and moved to Rotorua at a young age. [1] [5] While her mother did not speak Māori, Rika attended a kōhanga reo, a kura kaupapa, and Māori boarding schools, which allowed her to learn the language from a young age.
Maria Makarena Owen (born 22 July 1962), known professionally as Rena Owen, is a New Zealand actress in theatre, television and film.Owen is best known for her leading role as Beth Heke in Lee Tamahori's Once Were Warriors and as Taun We in George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.
Notable women in the field of traditional Māori science include Makereti Papakura, who wrote a thesis on the Māori people, and Rina Winifred Moore, the first female Māori doctor in New Zealand. [27] The Royal Society Te Apārangi also identifies 150 women and their notable contributions to New Zealand in the field of science. [40]