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Christchurch-raised Tearepa Kahi began acting and playing sax as a teen, then spent two years in a theatre troupe run by Jim Moriarty. He went on to study history and Māori at Auckland University, and act — including landmark te reo film The Māori Merchant of Venice. Kahi has also directed TV documentaries (The Flight of Te Hookioi), award-winning shorts — warrior tale Taua and The Speaker — and upcoming muso movie Mt Zion.
One of the two standouts in an exceptional programme ... The filmmakers successfully manage to place pictures to some very stirring memories, creating a short which transports us back to another time.
– Jacob Powell on Taua, in a 2007 Lumiere review of local shorts playing in the 2007 NZ Film Festival
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The Flight of Te Hookioi |
Director |
2009 |
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First Time in Prison |
Director |
2008 |
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Iti Pounamu |
Presenter |
2007 - 2010 |
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Director |
2007 |
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The Native’s School |
Director |
2006 |
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Director |
2005 |
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The Maori Merchant of Venice |
Actor |
2002 |
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Aroha: Irikura |
Actor |
2001 |
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Actor |
2002 |
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The Hill |
Actor |
2001 |
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Actor |
1999 |
The titles listed here may not reflect this person's full screenography. These are only the titles that are included in or referenced by this site.
2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Director - Documentary: for The Flight of Te Hookioi
2007 National Geographic All Roads Festival (United States)
Best Short Film: Taua - War Party
2007 ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival (Canada)
Honourable Mention for Best Short Drama: Taua - War Party
2006 Wairoa Māori Film Festival
Short Film Drama (Aotearoa) Award: The Speaker
2006 New Zealand Film Festival
Friends of the Civic Award for Best Short Film: The Speaker