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Tearepa Kahi
New Zealand director
Tearepa Kahi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Director, actor |
Tearepa Kahi (born 16 March 1978), also known as Te Arepa Kahi, is a New Zealand film director and former actor of Ngāti Paoa and Waikato Tainui descent.
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Kahi is best known for the 2013 drama Mt. Zion starring Stan Walker, and the Pātea Māori Club documentary Poi E: The Story of a Song (2016).
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 1999 to 2002, Kahi acted in minor roles on television shows including Shortland Street, Mataku and Aroha – Irikura,[1