Name Rawiri Paratene Role Stage Director | Children Marama Davidson | |
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Movies Whale Rider, The Insatiable Moon, The Legend of Johnny Li, Man‑Thing, Attack of the Sabretooth Similar People Niki Caro, Sara Wiseman, Dominic Dromgoole, Brett Leonard, Murray Ball | ||
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Rawiri Paratene ONZM 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).
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- Biography
- Theatre
- Film
- Television
- Personal life and politics
- Awards
- References
Rawiri paratene and his latest shakespearean reo maori production
Biography
Paratene was born at Motukaraka, near Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand, and is of Nga Puhi descent. He grew up in the Otara suburb of Auckland and attended Hillary College as David Broughton, the English form of his name.
Paratene initially struggled with reading and writing at school, but went on to be the first Maori graduate of the New Zealand Drama School.
As a young student in the 1970s, Paratene was a member of Nga Tamatoa, an activist organisation which fought for Maori rights, land, language and culture. Paratene was President of the Wellington chapter. Today, working in the arts, Paratene aspires to have more Maori stories on film.
Theatre
He is an actor, director and writer and appeared as Friar Lawrence in the 2009 London Globe Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet.
In 2014 Rāwiri joined the cast of the London Globe Theatre's two-year world tour of Hamlet, visiting 205 counties. Rāwiri was the only non-British based actor in the cast.
Film
Television
Personal life and politics
On 18 September 2008 the Green Party announced he was standing as their candidate for Maungakiekie in the 2008 election.
He is the father of Marama Davidson, who became a Green Party MP in 2015 when Russel Norman resigned. She had previously stood for the Green Party in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election, 2013 and the 2014 general election.