Actor, writer and director Rawiri Paratene, ONZM, first sprang into the public eye on Play School and comedy shows like Joe and Koro. In 1999 he played gang member Mulla Rota in the sequel to Once Were Warriors, and four years later was seen around the globe, as the stubborn grandfather Koro in Whale Rider. In 2010 he won further acclaim (and an Aotearoa Film and TV award) after starring in movie The Insatiable Moon.
I still think it’s not too late for us to be bilingual. I still dream of a country that teaches Māori from five up, compulsory in all schools.[...] It might not be in my lifetime, but it might be in my great grandchildren’s lifetime. Rawiri Paratene
Interview, 2022
Interview, 2010
2024, As: William - Film
2018 - 2020, Bertie - Television
2018, As: Āpirana Ngata - Television
2018, Bertie - Television
2013, Casting - Short Film
2012, Presenter - Television
2011, As: Te Kemera Kaiteke - Television
2011, As: Rawiri (episode 5) - Web
2010, As: Arthur - Film
2010, Subject - Television
2010, Subject - Television
2010, Subject - Television
2010, Subject - Television
2009, Subject - Film
2009, Executive Producer - Short Film
2009, Executive Producer - Short Film
2008, As: Tama - Film
2008, As: Mr Tupaia - Short Film
2008, Executive Producer - Short Film
2007, Co-Director - Television
2006, Subject - Television
2005, Actor - Television
2005, Presenter - Television
2004, As: Judge , As: Judge Broughton - Film
2004 - ongoing, Director, Writer - Television
2003, Subject - Television
2003, As: Gran Pekapeka - Television
2002, Subject - Television
2002, As: Koro - Film
2001, As: Matt Kutu - Television
2001, As: Joe Hudson - Television
1999, As: Mita - Television
1999, As: Morris - Short Film
1999, As: Tamati - Short Film
1999, As: Mulla Rota - Film
1998, Subject - Television
1997, As: Tamihana - Television
1996, Writer, Producer - Television
1996, Subject - Television
1995, Subject - Television
1995, Writer, As: Hare - Television
2001 - 2002, As: Joe Hudson - Television
1991, Writer, As: Friend of Opo - Television
1991 - 1992, Writer, As: Various roles - Television
1991, Writer, As: Various characters - Television
1990, As: Don - Television
1989, Director - Television
1989, As: Storyteller, Writer - Television
1988, Writer - Television
1986, As: Riki, Additional Script - Film
1986, As: Rangi - Film
1986, Writer - Television
1984, Writer - Television
1982, As: Polynesian model consumer - Television
1980 - 1987, Presenter - Television
1977, As: Koro - Television
1977, As: Hamiora (George Grey's servant) - Television
1976 - 1978, As: Koro - Television
1980 - 1987, Presenter - Television
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