Rawiri Paratene | |
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 Paratene in 2013 | |
| Born | Peter David Broughton 1953/1954(age 68–70) [1] Hokianga, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Relatives | Marama Davidson (daughter) |
Peter David Broughton CNZM , generally known as Rawiri Paratene, is a New Zealand stage and screen actor, director and writer. He is known for his acting roles in Whale Rider (2002) and The Insatiable Moon (2010).
Paratene was born at Motukaraka, [2] near Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand, and is of Ngāpuhi descent. [3] He grew up in the south Auckland suburb of Otara, and attended Hillary College as David Broughton, the English form of his name. [2] Paratene's parents were Boyd Alex Broughton and Patricia Charlotte Hancy. [4]
Paratene initially struggled with reading and writing at school, but went on to be the first Māori graduate of the New Zealand Drama School. [5] He graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting). [6]
As a young student in the 1970s, Paratene was a member of Ngā Tamatoa, an activist organisation which fought for Māori rights, land, language and culture. Paratene was president of the Wellington chapter, and was one of those who presented the 1972 Te reo Māori petition to parliament. [7] Today, working in the arts, Paratene aspires to have more Māori stories on film. [8]
Paratene was selected as a Shakespeare's Globe International Actor's Fellow in 2007. [9] Paratene is an actor, director and writer and appeared as Friar Lawrence in the 2009 London Globe Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet .
The New Zealand Festival commissioned Paratene and Murray Lynch to write a play called Blue Smoke that premiered in 2000. It is set in the 1950s and is a musical featuring music from the era. [10] The title of the play is also the title of a famous song Blue Smoke, which was the first record wholly produced in New Zealand and became a hit in the United States. [11]
In 2014, Paratene joined the cast of the London Globe Theatre's two-year world tour of Hamlet , visiting 205 countries. He was the only non-British based actor in the cast. [12]
Paratene's swan song production is Peter Paka Paratene directed by Tainui Tukiwaho, presented in 2021 at Te Pou Theatre in Auckland and the Kia Mau Festival. [13] [14] [15] [16]
On 18 September 2008, the Green Party announced that Paratene was standing as their candidate for Maungakiekie in the 2008 election. [17]
He is the father of Marama Davidson, who became the Green Party co-leader on 8 April 2018. [18] She became an MP in 2015 when Russel Norman resigned. She had previously stood for the Green Party in the 2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election and the 2014 general election.
Whale Rider is a 2002 New Zealand drama film written and directed by Niki Caro. Based on the 1987 novel The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera, the film stars Keisha Castle-Hughes as Kahu Paikea Apirana, a twelve-year-old Māori girl whose ambition is to become the chief of the tribe. Her koro Apirana believes that this is a role reserved for males only.
Whakaata Māori is a New Zealand television channel that broadcasts programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture. Funded by the New Zealand Government, it commenced broadcasting as Māori Television on 28 March 2004 from its studios in Newmarket, Auckland. It has since moved to East Tamaki, Auckland.
Te Pāti Māori, also known as the Māori Party, is a political party in New Zealand advocating indigenous rights. It contests the specially-reserved Māori electorates, in which its main rival is the mainstream centre-left Labour Party. Under the current leadership of Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, it promotes the following policies: uphold tikanga Māori, dismantle systemic racism, and strengthen the rights and tino rangatiratanga promised in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The political position of Te Pāti Māori is generally described as centrist or centre-left.
Ngāpuhi is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland region of New Zealand and centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei.
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School is New Zealand's national drama school. It was established in 1970 and is located in Wellington, New Zealand in the Te Whaea: National Dance & Drama Centre. Toi Whakaari offers training in acting, costume construction, set and props construction, performing arts management and design for stage and screen. Toi Whakaari has a roll of approximately 130 students annually, who study for up to three years.
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Antonio Te Maioha is a television and film actor from New Zealand. He came to international prominence playing a gladiator Barca, the Beast of Carthage, in the television drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand and its prequel Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.
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Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House is a New Zealand actress, comedian, director and acting coach.
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The Insatiable Moon is a 2010 New Zealand drama film, based on a 1997 novel of the same name by Mike Riddell, who also wrote the screenplay. The film was directed by Rosemary Riddell, and stars Rawiri Paratene in the leading role as Arthur, self-proclaimed second son of God. Arthur sets off on a mission to find the 'Queen of Heaven', and finds her in Margaret, just as the community boarding house he calls home faces threat.
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