
Troy Kingi
Actor · b. 1984 · Northland, New Zealand
Troy (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) is an actor and an multi-award-winning, multi-genre musician originally from Rotorua and Te Kaha. A small-town boy at heart, Kingi is now based in Kerikeri, Bay of Islands, where he lives a pretty simple life with his wife and five children. Described by the New Zealand Music Commission as “Our Northland Treasure”, Kingi rose to fame after the release of his first two multi-award-winning albums ‘Guitar Party at Uncles Bach’ and ‘Shake That Skinny Ass All the Way to Zygertron’, along with memorable major roles in Kiwi films including ‘Hunt For The Wilderpeople’, ‘The Pā Boys’, ‘Mt Zion’ and ‘The Breaker Upperers’.
Movies9
Movie7.6AdventureComedyRicky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · 2.4K votes
Movie5.2ComedyTwo women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.
The Breaker Upperers
2018 · 231 votes
Movie5.9DramaComedyA 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.
Uproar
2023 · 30 votes
Movie5.5AdventureDramaSam, a fearless young girl raised outside of her Māori culture, is determined to fulfill her mission of connecting with her mountain. She hopes it can heal her from the cancer she is battling. Along the way, she meets some misfits and new kids in town, and together they journey through a difficult route, discovering the true spirit of adventure and the magic of friendship.
The Mountain
2024 · 6 votes
MovieDramaA restless teen approaches adulthood in rural New Zealand. He spends an afternoon with his best friend, struggling to confide his plans for the future.
Shadow Cut
2018
Movie6.0Turei, a talented young musician, dreams of his band winning the audition to be the support act for Bob Marley’s 1979 concert in Auckland. Part of a Māori family of contract potato pickers in Pukekohe, Turei’s desperate ambition clashes with his whanau’s traditional values, leading to an emotional showdown and powerful change.
Mt. Zion
2013 · 2 votes
Movie6.4DramaActionInspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant ‘Taffy’ Tāwharau, who must choose between duty to his badge or his people, when the Government invoke antiterrorism powers to launch an armed raid on Taffy’s remote Urewera community, on a school day. This gripping action drama is not a re-creation, but a response to the 2007 Tūhoe raids. MURU is a Māori concept for 'forgiveness’.
MovieComedyDramaDrama set in the sleepy town of Tokerangi, New Zealand in which three laid-back orchard workers accidentally grow a strong strain of marijuana.
Toke
2020 · 1 votes
Movie5.2FamilyFed up with the materialism of Christmas, Santa runs away to New Zealand for a summer holiday. When two Kiwi kids figure out who he is, they have to find a way to get him back to the North Pole in time for Christmas.
Kiwi Christmas
2017 · 8 votes
Series1
- TV3.0Talk ShowComedy
KIA ORA MO TE RETA is a comedy panel “man show” that talks about interesting man stuff like chicks, balls, and jokes. Nothing is off limits in this show. We will cover a whole lot of topics which guys aren’t allowed to talk about around their girlfriends and wives. Hosted by Te Arahi Maipi and Tammy Davis.
#KOMTR
2015 · 2 votes