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The Katinas Live in Auckland

Snaps from the night by PeninaJoy


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Samoan Uptown Funk

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"What do you mean" Segway dance

Check out the skills of these talented dancers taking choreo to the next level....

Performing to 'What do you mean' by Justin Beiber on SEGWAYS! First we've seen, check it out!

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NZ Actor cast in Game of Thrones!

New Zealand actor Joe Naufahu confirmed as part of the cast in hit fantasy series Game of Thrones!

Best known for his roles on Go Girls and Spartacus: Vengeance, Tongan actor Naufahu will be joining the epic Emmy Award-Winning show for it's sixth season.

Deadline Hollywood reported Naufahu had been cast in a recurring role, and that further details are still under wraps.

Speculation is that he could be playing a part in the Dothraki plotline, the horse riding people in the popular television series.

Naufahu joins fellow kiwi Keisha Castle-Hughes who appeared last season as Obara Sand, and is expected to return next season.

Last year, Naufahu starred in the critically acclaimed feature film The Last Saint¸ the directorial debut of his brother, former Shortland Street actor Rene Naufahu.

Malie doko!!!

 

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Last Saint star Beulah Koale gets Best Actor nod at first foreign outing

One of our favourite Kiwi films from last year The Last Saint, an independently financed New Zealand Feature film. The Last Saint, which spawned those famous words uttered by actor Calvin Tuteao “Ponsonby’s gone to the dogs” has started rolling out in international territories with its star, Beulah Koale, winning a Best Actor award at its first festival.

The Last Saint received its international premiere at the Harlem International Film Festival in New York where Koale’s performance in the gritty story of Auckland’s underworld received the Best Actor accolade

Last Saint director, Rene Naufahu said, ”Beulah is one of the most courageous young men I’ve ever met- and he uses this courage to maximum effect in his performance of Minka.…more


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Victor Rodger: Let's get real on Diversity

We’re streets ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to diversity on screen and stage, writes the award-winning playwright Victor Rodger. But that’s not where it counts the most.

 Diversity. It’s really just a euphemism that some cultural spin-doctor fabricated so people had an alternative to saying not white”. That’s what people really mean when they use the term diversity. They’re talking about people who are not white, or not straight, or not in possession of a penis.


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Beulah Koale gets Best Actor

Congratulations to Beulah Koale who has been awarded Best Actor at the 'Harlem International Film Festival' for his epic role as Minka in NZ Film 'The Last Saint' (2014) 

Minka is a teenage Polynesian boy living in the heart of the city. With his P-addicted mother well on the way to going completely off the rails, three people enter his life - each with a promise - each with the power to destroy. Directed & Written by Rene Naufahu, check out an exclusive interview with Rene.

Beulah Koale is on stage with his latest project 'The Events'

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Check out the Samoan stage at Polyfest with Beulah Koale


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Mahalia Simpson - X Factor Audition

This Island Princess Mahalia slays on X Factor Australia