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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 .
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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 ...
Paul-Burke joined the faculty of the University of Waikato, rising to full professor in 2022. [1] She was the first wahine Māori (Māori woman) professor of marine science appointed at the University of Waikato, [3] and her appointment brought the number of Māori marine professors in New Zealand to three.
Before his death in 1985, he was in the West German TV series Jack Holborn and starred in New Zealand films Came a Hot Friday and Savage Islands. [ 5 ] Teka died in 1985, aged 47, of a heart attack in his room while waiting to perform at the Ruawai Tavern in Northland , and was survived by his wife Missy and daughters Davinia and Missy Jr. [ 6 ...
Lawrence Makoare (born 20 March 1968) is a New Zealand Māori actor. He is most known for his roles in The Lord of the Rings film series as several prominent antagonists, including Lurtz the Uruk-Hai and the Witch-King of Angmar .
Kura (saddle), a Japanese saddle; Kura (storehouse), a traditional Japanese storehouse; Kura (deity), a god from 3rd millennium Ebla 'Kura, a TV show set in Papakura, Aotearoa/New Zealand; Kūra (administrative division), territorial demarcations into which Al-Andalus was divided; Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Koutu or The Kura, school in Rotorua ...
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.