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Taungaroa Emile

Actor [Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Rarotonga]

 Taungaroa Emile

 Taungaroa Emile
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Taungaroa Emile

Hawke's Bay teenager Taungaroa Emile had only acted in school plays before making an award-winning screen debut in 1994's Once Were Warriors - as shy but rebellious teenager Boogie Heke. Emile then reprised the role in the 1999 sequel. He has also starred as a teenage ex-con in cross-cultural romance Flight of the Albatross, and had roles in No 2, South Auckland TV drama The Market, and award-winning short Tama Tū.

Boogie’s the shy type, but he’s pretty rebellious against everyone who puts restrictions on him. 
 
 

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