Taungaroa emile bio

Taungaroa Emile is a..

Taungaroa Emile is known for Once Were Warriors (1994), Whale Rider (2002) and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995).

  • Taungaroa Emile is known for Once Were Warriors (1994), Whale Rider (2002) and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995).
  • Biography.
  • Taungaroa Emile is a.
  • Taungaroa Emile (born 1978) Is a New Zealand actor of Māori descent.
  • Taungaroa Emile - Hawke's Bay teen Taungaroa Emile had only acted in school plays, before he made an award-winning screen debut in landmark movie Once Were.

    • Once Were Warriors (film)

    1994 New Zealand film by Lee Tamahori

    Once Were Warriors is a 1994 New Zealand tragicdrama film based on New Zealand author Alan Duff's bestselling 1990 first novel.[4] The film tells the story of the Heke family, an urban Māoriwhānau living in South Auckland, and their problems with poverty, alcoholism, and domestic violence, mostly brought on by the patriarch, Jake.

    It explores the detrimental effects of the colonisation of New Zealand suffered by Māori, and the survival of Māori culture against all odds.[5]

    The film was directed by Lee Tamahori, written by Riwia Brown, and stars Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison and Cliff Curtis.[6] It became the highest-grossing film of all-time in New Zealand, and has won numerous awards.[7]

    Plot

    Beth leaves her small Māori village and, much to her parents' chagrin, marries Jake "The Muss" Heke.

    After eighteen years, they live in an unkempt state house in South Auckland an