HalaifonuaFinau

When Tongan-Kiwi Halaifonua Finau landed his first screen acting gig at age 17 on Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby, he quickly took an interest in being a producer. After gleaning advice from producers on his next slew of acting jobs, Finau stepped into producing on kids' show Small Blacks TV.  Since then, he has been a producer on Polynesian comedies Baby Mama's Club and SIS, and a writer on Jonah Lomu miniseries Jonah. Finau has both writer and producer credits on semi-autobiographical movie Red, White and Brass, and award-winning drama series The Panthers. In 2021 he co-founded production company Tavake, with Tom Hern.