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Kura Leigh Forrester (born 1985) is a New Zealand comedian, actor and writer. In 2019, she won the Billy T Award for best emerging comedian, for her show Kura Woulda Shoulda . She formerly appeared as core cast member Desdemona Schmidt on prime-time soap opera Shortland Street .
This is a list of people who died in the last 5 days with an article at the English Wikipedia. For people without an English Wikipedia page see: Wikipedia:Database reports/Recent deaths (red links). Generally updated at least daily, last time: 08:11, 15 January 2025 (UTC).
It includes New Zealand actors that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "New Zealand male Māori actors" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
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Don Charles Selwyn ONZM (22 November 1935 – 13 April 2007) was a Māori actor and filmmaker from New Zealand.He was a founding member of the New Zealand Māori Theatre Trust and directed the 2002 film Te tangata whai rawa o Weneti (The Maori Merchant of Venice), the first Māori language feature film with English subtitles.
His death came less than two weeks after hosting his eighteenth koroneihana, the annual celebration of his coronation. As the Māori monarchy is not hereditary by right, leaders of tribes associated with the Kīngitanga gathered to elect Tūheitia's successor during his tangihanga (funeral rites), which lasted five days.
Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII GCCT KStJ KCLJ (born Tūheitia Paki; 21 April 1955 – 30 August 2024), crowned as Kīngi Tūheitia, reigned as the Māori King from 2006 until his death in 2024. He was the eldest son of the previous Māori monarch, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu , and was announced as her successor and crowned on 21 ...
Koale is the oldest of six siblings, having four younger brothers and a younger sister. He has twin sons with his girlfriend Georgia Otene, whom he later married in January 2019 in his hometown. [3]