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Tearepa Kahi
New Zealand director
Tearepa Kahi | |
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| Born | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Director, actor |
Tearepa Kahi (born 16 March ), also known as Te Arepa Kahi, is a New Zealand film director and former actor of Ngāti Paoa and Waikato Tainui descent.
Kahi is best known for the drama Mt. Zion starring Stan Walker, and the Pātea Māori Club documentary Poi E: The Story of a Song ().
Biography
Kahi grew up in Christchurch, and is of Ngāti Paoa and Waikato Tainui descent.[1][2] Kahi's father was a musician who toured with Billy TK.[3] As a teenager, he spent two years as a part of a theatre troupe run by actor Jim Moriarty.[1] Moving to his grandmother's house in Pukekohe, Kahi studied history and Māori at the University of Auckland.[1][3] From to , Kahi acted in minor roles on television shows including Shortland Street, Mataku and Aroha – Irikura,[1] and in the Don Sel