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Waititi Family
Waititi is a Maori surname from New Zealand. Notable people with the surname include: *Hoani Waititi (1926–1965), New Zealand educator *Kahurangi Waititi (born 1982), New Zealand netball player *Rawiri Waititi (born 1980 or 1981), New Zealand politician *Taika Waititi (born 1975), New Zealand film director *Tweedie Waititi (born ), New Zealand film director and producer {{surname, Waititi Māori-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoani Waititi
Hoani Retimana Waititi (12 April 1926 – 30 September 1965) was a notable New Zealand teacher, educationalist and community leader. Of Māori people, Māori descent, he identified with the Te Whānau-ā-Apanui iwi. He was born in Whangaparaoa near Cape Runaway, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, in 1926. His father was Kūaha Waititi, a farmer, and his mother was Kirimātao Heremia Kerei, both of them of the Te Whānau-a-Kauaetangohia hapū of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. He trained as a teacher in 1947–48 and gained a BA at in 1955. He worked as a teacher and in other areas of education. He died of cancer at the age of 39. Hoani Waititi Marae in West Auckland, New Zealand, West Auckland is named in his honour. June Mariu is his niece, the daughter of his older brother Manihera. Rawiri Waititi is his great-nephew. References 1926 births 1965 deaths New Zealand schoolteachers New Zealand Māori schoolteachers People from the Bay of Plenty Region Te Whānau-ā-Apanui people Wait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahurangi Waititi
Kahurangi Waititi (born 22 September 1982) is a New Zealand netball player in the ANZ Championship. She signed with the Central Pulse for the 2008 season, but has been signed to play for the Canterbury Tactix Mainland Tactix are a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007, as Canterbury Flames, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Champions ... in 2009. ReferencesCentral Pulse team profiles 1982 births Living people New Zealand netball players Mainland Tactix players Central Pulse players ANZ Championship players Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic players Kahurangi Otago Rebels players New Zealand Māori netball players 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen {{NewZealand-netball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawiri Waititi
Rawiri Wikuki Waititi (born 17 October ) is a New Zealand politician and iwi leader. He has been co-leader of Te Pāti Māori since 2020, alongside Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for since 2020, when his election returned Te Pāti Māori to the New Zealand Parliament following their defeat at the 2017 general election. Born and raised in the eastern Bay of Plenty, Waititi traces his lineage to many iwi but has firm links to Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Porou. An advocate of progressive political policies, Waititi is a fluent Māori speaker, and is also an iwi leader, Ringatū minister, and kapa haka exponent. He has been prominent and vocal in his opposition to the policies towards Māori of the Sixth National Government of New Zealand since the 2023 general election. Personal life Waititi was born in Ōpōtiki, the eldest of four children. His birthday is 17 October. He spent his first 12 years living in Whangaparāoa, in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taika Waititi
Taika David Cohen (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi ( ), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. Known for quirky comedy films and expanding his career as a voice actor and producer on numerous projects, he has received many accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award. ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine named him one of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. His feature films ''Boy (2010 film), Boy'' (2010) and ''Hunt for the Wilderpeople'' (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film. Waititi's 2003 short film ''Two Cars, One Night'' earned him an Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Live Action Short Film. He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the horror comedy film ''What We Do in the Shadows'' (2014) with Jemaine Clement, which was adapted into a What We Do in the Shadows (TV series), television series of the same name in 2019. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tweedie Waititi
Mateheke "Tweedie" Waititi (born ) is a New Zealand film director and producer. The whāngai sister of Taika Waititi, she is best known for her work co-directing production company Matewa Media, which since 2016 has produced Māori language versions of Disney animated films. Early life and education Mateheke Waititi, known as "Tweedie", was born on . She grew up in the Te Whānau-ā-Apanui community of Waihau Bay in the Bay of Plenty. She is the first cousin of Taika Waititi, but as they were raised together through whāngai adoption, they consider each other siblings. Waititi studied film at the South Seas Film & Television School. Career In 2012, she worked as a language coach for the Rachel House-directed production of William Shakespeare's ''Troilus and Cressida'', performed in Māori. In 2017, Waititi formed the production company Matewa Media alongside filmmaker (and then wife of Taika Waititi) Chelsea Winstanley. The company was named for Waititi's grandmother Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
