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Iti was born in 1952. [5] He descends from the iwi of Ngāi Tūhoe, but also has links with the Waikato iwi of Ngāti Wairere and Ngāti Hauā, and with Te Arawa. [6] Told he was born on a train near Rotorua, Iti was raised by his great-granduncle and aunt, Hukarere and Te Peku Purewa, in the custom known as whāngai (adoption within the same family) on a farm at Ruatoki in the Urewera area.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:New Zealand actors. 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"
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 .
Tumanako "Tui" Teka (8 March 1937—23 January 1985), [1] better known by his stage names Tui Latui or Prince Tui Teka, was a Māori singer and actor. Teka was a member of the Maori Volcanics Showband before having a successful solo career.
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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.
Kura Te Waru Rewiri (born 1950) is a New Zealand artist, academic and educator. Art historian Deidre Brown described her as "one of Aotearoa, New Zealand's most celebrated Māori women artists." [ 1 ] : 98
The story of Kurangaituku is told in the oral traditions of the people of Te Arawa and Raukawa. [4] [5] Her name is sometimes translated as "Kura of the claws".[6] [7] [8] In the telling by Te Arawa people, Kurangaituku is the antagonist to Hatupatu, the Te Arawa man who betrays and defeats her.