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Tinā
''Tinā'' is a 2024 New Zealand drama film written and directed by Miki Magasiva. It stars Anapela Polataivao as a dissatisfied substitute teacher, recently bereaved after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake killed her daughter. She begins to work at an elite private school and starts a student choir. The film premiered at the Hawaii International Film Festival on 8 October 2024, and was released in cinemas on 27 February 2025. This film marked Magasiva's directorial debut. Plot Samoan New Zealander Mareta Percival works as a teacher at a primary school in the low-income Christchurch suburb of Aranui. On the day of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Mareta's daughter auditions at the CTV Building and is killed during the earthquake. A grief-stricken Mareta loses her sense of purpose in life while struggling to cling to her Roman Catholic faith. In 2014, her nephew and social worker Sio convinces Mareta to apply for a job as a substitute teacher at St Francis School, a larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Magasiva
Miki Magasiva is a Samoan-born filmmaker from New Zealand. In 2024, he premiered his feature debut, ''Tinā'', at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival and has since won several awards, including the Golden Space Needle for Best Film. It has become one of the highest grossing New Zealand films in history. Early life Magasiva was born in Savaiʻi of the Samoan Islands to Taufaiula and Salafa Magasiva. His father was a post office worker, and his mother "worked odd jobs, doing whatever she could, from working in a record company printing labels to cleaning businesses and those sorts of things". In 1982, his family moved to Wellington, New Zealand. Career Magasiva spent two decades "making hundreds of commercials, television, music videos, and short films". In 2005, he made a short film titled ''Rites of Courage'', followed by ''Uso'' in 2006. He then worked on two episodes of ''The Panthers'', a New Zealand television drama that screened at the Toronto International Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anapela Polataivao
Anapela Polataivao is a New Zealand actor, writer, and director of stage and screen. Background Polataivao was born in Samoa and has heritage from Vailoa, Vaiusu, Fagae'e and Safune. She grew up in South Auckland. Career Polataivao began acting as a child with her role at the age of eight. She was part of the Maidment Youth Theatre at the University of Auckland and graduated from the New Zealand drama school Toi Whakaari with a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) in 2000. In 2002, she formed the theatre group Kila Kokonut Krew with Vela Manusaute. Together they created the musical ''The Factory'' which became a web series in 2014. The show toured throughout Australia and had a five-week run at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. With Goretti Chadwick Polataivao created the comedy duo ''Pani and Pani''. They also created and present the Māori Television show, '' Game of Bros''. Polataivao worked as acting tutor at PIPA ( Pacific Institute of Performing Arts) un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beulah Koale
Beulah Koale () is a New Zealand actor best known for portraying Officer Junior Reigns in CBS reboot series '' Hawaii Five-0''. Early life Koale was born at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, and was raised in the nearby suburb of Ōtara. He is of Samoan descent. Koale was raised within a religious family and regularly performed in church productions. Career Koale joined the theatre company, Massive Company. During his time working with Massive, Beulah has performed in acclaimed shows ''Havoc in the Garden'' in 2011, and ''The Brave'' in 2012. In 2010, Koale starred in the award-winning short film ''Manurewa'', which screened at both the Melbourne and Berlin film festivals; and subsequently won the Crystal Bear for best short in the youth section at Berlin. Koale stars in the sci-fi thriller '' Dual'' alongside Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul, which is filmed entirely in Tampere, Finland. Personal life Koale is the oldest of six siblings, having four younger brothers and a you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Christchurch Earthquake
A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. New Zealand Daylight Time, local time (23:51 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC, 21 February). The () earthquake struck the Canterbury Region in the South Island, centred south-east of the central business district. It caused widespread damage across Christchurch, killing 185 people in List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll, New Zealand's fifth-deadliest disaster. Scientists classified it as an intraplate earthquake and a potential aftershock of the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, September 2010 Canterbury earthquake. Christchurch's central city and eastern suburbs were badly affected, with damage to buildings and infrastructure already weakened by the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and its aftershocks. Significant soil liquefaction, liquefaction affected the eastern suburbs, producing around 400,000 tonnes of silt. The earthquake was felt across the South Island and parts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Bruce
Alison Bruce is a New Zealand television and film actress, who starred in the 2001 feature film ''Magik and Rose''. She also appeared in the teen series ''Being Eve'' and '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', and had a recurring role as Simula in '' Young Hercules''. Early life and education Bruce was born in Tanzania to a Scottish father and an English mother. Her family moved to New Zealand when she was around eight. She trained at Auckland's Theatre Corporate in the early 1980s. Career Bruce soon began a busy acting career with stage roles that include starring in ''Hamlet'' (as Ophelia) and ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (as Roxane). She made her screen debut in the 1984 teleplay '' The Minders''. Since then she has acted in more than 30 screen roles, including sizeable parts in two feature films: the 1990 chase comedy ''User Friendly'', in which her character steals a keenly-sought dog statue from a crazed former boss; and 2001 feature ''Magik and Rose'', which Bruce later described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Irvine
Jamie Irvine is a New Zealand actor who has appeared in theatre productions, films, and television. Early life and education Jamie Irvine has a Bachelor of Arts (Theatre and Film) from Victoria University of Wellington. He was a student at NIDA from 2003 to 2005, where he gained a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting). He was the recipient of a Mike Walsh Fellowship Special Grant in 2009. He used the money to train in New York City with Susan Batson and at the Stella Adler Studio. Career Irvine is known for the role of Detective Ben Charlton on TV3's '' Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud'' (2011) He has appeared in a number of short films and on Australian television. In 2021 he featured in Series 7 of ''The Brokenwood Mysteries''. In Mystery 28, "Something Nasty at the Market" he played Johnny Oades. Irvine has provided voiceover Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique used in radio, television, filmmaking, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Whippy
Nicole Whippy (born 1977 or 1978) is a New Zealand actress who has been in a number of television series and is best known for her role as Kasey Mason in the hit comedy-drama '' Outrageous Fortune''. She is also known for her current role as Cece King in New Zealand's longest-running drama television series ''Shortland Street''. Whippy made her directing debut on the feature film ''Vai'', which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2019. Since then she has directed two series of well-loved New Zealand children's series ''Fejioa Club''. Career She has appeared in various shows including '' Jackson's Wharf'', ''The Strip'', ''Being Eve'', ''Mercy Peak'' and ''Orange Roughies''. In 2011, she starred in the series ''Nothing Trivial'' as hard-nosed Michelle Hardcastle. Voiced character "Navali" in online video game "Path of Exile" In 2019, she starred as Cece King, a social worker who dealt with her mother-in-law's dementia and eventual death, her husband's sexual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Nolan
Tania Nolan (born 19 August 1983) is a New Zealand actress from Rakaia, Canterbury, New Zealand. She is best known for her roles as Isobel Jones in the New Zealand television series '' The Hothouse'' (2007) and Angelina Caulfield in the comedy/drama series ''Go Girls'' (2009). Early life Nolan was born in Rakaia where she lived until age eight, and then moved to nearby Barrhill for the next two years. She is of Irish descent. Career Nolan graduated from Toi Whakaari Drama School in 2005 with a Bachelor in Performing Arts (Acting). She appeared in ''The Hothouse'' as Isobel Jones, a role that earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 2007 NZ Qantas Television Awards. Nolan had a recurring role in ''Go Girls'' as Angelina Caulfield. She has starred in the feature film ''Kissy Kissy'' (NZ International Film Festival 2007), with an international debut in '' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans'' (2009); Nolan also had a supporting role in the Starz series '' Spartacus: Blood and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about 110 are permanently inhabited—and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about . The most outlying island group is Ono-i-Lau. About 87% of the total population live on the two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu's coasts, either in the capital city of Suva, or in smaller urban centres such as Nadi (where tourism is the major local industry) or Lautoka (where the Sugarcane, sugar-cane industry is dominant). The interior of Viti Levu is sparsely inhabited because of its terrain. The majority of Fiji's islands were formed by Volcano, volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago. Some geothermal activity still occurs today on the islands of Vanua Levu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its capital. The Cook Islands is self-governing while in free association with New Zealand. Since the start of the 21st century, the Cook Islands conducts its own independent foreign and defence policy, and also has its own customs regulations. Like most members of the Pacific Islands Forum, it has no armed forces, but the Cook Islands Police Service owns a Guardian Class Patrol Boat, , provided by Australia, in order to police its waters. In recent decades, the Cook Islands have adopted an increasingly assertive and distinct foreign policy, and a Cook Islander, Henry Puna, served as Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum from 2021 to 2024. Most Cook Islanders are also citizens of New Zealand, but they also have the status of Coo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. It has Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border, a land border with Indonesia to the west and neighbours Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east. Its capital, on its southern coast, is Port Moresby. The country is the world's third largest list of island countries, island country, with an area of . The nation was split in the 1880s between German New Guinea in the North and the Territory of Papua, British Territory of Papua in the South, the latter of which was ceded to Australia in 1902. All of present-day Papua New Guinea came under Australian control following World War I, with the legally distinct Territory of New Guinea being established out of the former German colony as a League of Nations mandate. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland
Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the List of cities in New Zealand, most populous city of New Zealand and the List of cities in Oceania by population, fifth-largest city in Oceania. The city lies between the Hauraki Gulf to the east, the Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitākere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with 53 volcanic centres that make up the Auckland Volcanic Field. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. Auckland is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
