Taungaroa emile biography for kids

The moment I want to share was not how extremely proud I was to be cast as Cook Islands Māori in the play Sunset Road, or that I would get to speak the reo on stage.

Nor was it that a piece of my father had managed to find its way into the show, as part of my costume. He would’ve been so pissed (lol). But about a wonderful moment on stage that happened on Opening Night in Auckland.

I remember feeling a quarter of the way through, this probably wasn’t our best run.

Taungaroa Emile (born ) Is a New Zealand actor of Māori descent.

Be a few notes tonight. I wanted to stop and start again. House lights up. Everybody out! Resuming in five or ten minutes. Meitaki ma’ata. Redress.

Since then he has featured in Whale Rider and many TV shows.

Reset. Repeat. Pretty sure I’m not the only one who has ever felt that way during a show.

It is important to stay true to the script. To honour the story, the words the writer has painstakingly placed there for you, to make, to manifest.

He is a descendant of Maui Tikitiki a Taranga, and is a storyteller, music festival manager and hooker/breakaway forward/point guard.

I wanted Ina to be as close to Mīria’s paparuau as I could. That the character was not a replica of my own father. I want