Don Selwyn

Don Selwyn, ONZM, was an actor, casting director and mentor to a host of talented Māori who went on to work in film and television. Selwyn’s long acting resume includes 1970s historical epic The Governor and police show Mortimer’s Patch. He also directed The Māori Merchant of Venice, the first feature film in te reo Māori. Selwyn died on 13 April 2007.

He saw both the dark and the light of what it means to be human. He told us about it, and what to do. Tainui Stephens