Tuki Laumea
Kiwi-Samoan Tuki Laumea started out on screen in the early 2000s, presenting segments for Pulp Sport and Pacific Beat Street. He went on to spend five years in Qatar with Al Jazeera, covering key events in the Middle East. He was nominated for a BAFTA for his work editing documentary Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark. After directing numerous docos, Laumea returned to Aotearoa to focus on Pasifika stories. He earned multiple NZTV Awards for Pasifika-focused web series Tales of Time and Untold Pacific History, and doco 1918: Samoa and the Ship of Death. Laumea is also the co-founder of production company Nine Island Media.
These days I make my living as a director and a writer and a produce. You know as far as I'm concerned that's just a modern day storyteller. And I think that has a lot to do with growing up immersed in the Samoan culture of storytelling, and the fact that as people we just like to tell stories and entertain and have fun. Tuki Laumea in the Balmoral episode of 2013 series Neighbourhood
Untold Pacific History
2021, Director, Narrator (episodes 1, 3, 4 & 5) - Television
Untold Pacific History - excerpts
2021, Director, Editor, Camera Operator, Narrator (episodes 4 & 5) - Web
1918: Samoa and the Ship of Death (Talune)
2018, Director, Editor, Camera - Web
Tales of Time - Dragons in Paradise
2018, Camera Operator, Director, Editor - Web
Tales of Time - Tama Uli
2017, Director, Editor, Camera Operator - Web
Seven Sharp
2013-2016, Producer, Reporter - Television
Neighbourhood - Balmoral (with Tuki Laumea)
2013, Presenter - Television
Pacific Beat Street - First Episode
2005, Presenter - Television
Pacific Beat Street
2004 - 2009, Presenter - Television
Pulp Sport
2003-2008, Presenter - Television
The Tribe
2000, As: Gulls leader - Television