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Stephanie Tauevihi

Actor

Actor and singer (Strawpeople) Stephanie Tauevihi started in television at age 15, reporting for TV3 youth series InFocus. She spent seven years playing feisty paramedic Donna Heka on Shortland Street. Her fraught relationship with Rangi was a major plotline — their wedding was the centrepiece of the series’ 2000th episode. Her performance in Stephen Sinclair’s movie Russian Snark won her Best Supporting Actress at the 2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards.

I haven't done the kind of down-and-out working tables in some restaurant, craving for a gig. I kind of fell into it. Stephanie Tauevihi in The NZ Herald, 27 May 2000

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Interview

Stephanie Tauevihi: Escaping Donna Heka...

Interview, 2011

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Shortland Street - Past Memories

2017, Subject - Web

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Agent Anna

2014, As: Karyn - Television

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Rest for the Wicked

2011, As: Renata - Film

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Russian Snark

2010, As: Roseanna - Film

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Here to Stay

2007 - 2008, Presenter - Television

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Rude Awakenings

2007, As: Davina Wrigley - Television

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Gang Girl - Tarnz' Story

2005, Narrator - Television

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Interrogation

2005, As: Mele Vaipele - Television

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The Big Experiment - First Episode

2005, Subject - Television

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Shortland Street - Tina-Anne Harrison's birth

2004, As: Donna Heka - Television

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Shortland Street - 2002 Christmas cliffhanger (Rachel's car crash)

2002, As: Nurse Donna Heka - Television

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Shortland Street - Musical episode

2001, As: Nurse Donna Heka - Television

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I Got 2 Babe

2000, Singer - Television

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Tamatoa the Brave Warrior - The Great River Race

1998, As: voice of Aunty Hana - Television

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Tamatoa the Brave Warrior - The Haunted Island

1998, As: Voice of Aunty Hana - Television

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Tamatoa the Brave Warrior - The Taniwha

1998, As: voice of Aunty Hana - Television

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Under the Milky Way

1994, Performer - Music video

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Infocus - Smokefree Rockquest

1993, Research - Television

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Shortland Street

1997 - 2004, As: Nurse Donna Heka - Television

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Shortland Street - Highlights from the first 15 years

1992 - 2007, As: Nurse Donna Heka (singer in girl group) - Television

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Sunday (magazine show)

1991 - 1994, Reporter - Television

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YaHoo

1991 - 1995, Presenter - Television

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YaHoo - Excerpts

1991 - 1995, Presenter - Television

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InFocus

1990 - 1994, Presenter, Research - Television