Te kohe tuhaka biography definition
Te kohe tuhaka biography definition
Te kohe tuhaka biography definition english.
“Over nearly 25 years of doing this type of mahi, I’ve refined my approach. Now, ko te ao Māori ko taku tūāpapa — my culture is the thing that I stand on,” says Te Kohe Tuhaka.
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As an on-screen presence, Te Kohe Tuhaka has shown he has versatility in spades. He’s worked as an actor, children’s show presenter, and on Shortland Street and in action movies.
Now he’s shifted behind the scenes on Lee Tamahori’s latest film The Convert.
And, as he tells Dale Husband, it was on this project that he got to go about things in a truly Māori way.
Kia ora, Te Kohe. I wonder if you might share with us your full name and some of the reasons that you carry it?
Te Kohe Raymond Patrick Louis Tuhaka taku ingoa.
Te kohe tuhaka biography definition and examples
That’s my full name.
Te Kohe comes from my grandfather, who served in the Second World War and was also a master carver. His name was Kohe Atarau. He lived in Waiōhau, a small settlement near Te Urewera, and so I have whakapapa roots into Tūhoe and