Contribution to Māori theatre and arts as an actor, organiser and kaumātua
Tungia Dorothea Gloria Baker (8 October 1939 – 25 July 2005) was a New Zealand actor, weaver, and administrator. Her notable acting roles included Ngahuia in the 1980s television drama Open House and Hira in the 1993 film The Piano. Baker was influential in contemporary Māori theatre, Māori film making and Māori arts. She named the Taki Rua Theatre, and was a founding member of Māori artists' collectives Te Manu Aute and Haeata.
Tungia Dorothea Gloria Baker (8 October 1939 – 25 July 2005) was a New Zealand actor, weaver, and administrator. Her notable acting roles included Ngahuia...
as Flora McGrath Kerry Walker as Aunt Morag Genevieve Lemon as Nessie TungiaBaker as Hira Ian Mune as Reverend Peter Dennett as Head seaman Cliff Curtis...
Zealand national team in 1979 Matenga Baker, New Zealand tribal leader and father of actress TungiaBaker Matenga Baker (rugby), New Zealand rugby player...
Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker, Genevieve Lemon, TungiaBaker, Ian Mune, Cliff Curtis, Rose McIver, Mika Haka The Three Musketeers...
Doris Callie Blood as Oscar's mother Peter Hambleton as Oscar's father TungiaBaker as Nanny Aroha Rose Bollinger as Rosie This is a list of the 26 episodes...
brother of Neil Simon. Shelley Appleton, 86, American labor leader. TungiaBaker, 64, New Zealand Māori actress (The Piano) and artist. Pierre Broué,...
(born 1923) 24 July – John Drawbridge, artist (born 1930) 25 July – TūngiaBaker, actor, weaver (born 1939) 30 July – Jack McLean, rugby union and rugby...
Gisborne and Auckland. The artists involved in these exhibitions were TungiaBaker, Ani Crawford, Melanie Cullinan, Kōhai Grace, Patricia Grace, Jolie Marianne...
Māori and Pākehā. Over the years this group of respected people included TungiaBaker, John Tahuparae, Wi Kuki Kaa, Bob Wiki, Rona Bailey, Keri Kaa and Sunny...
contributed to the new marae include Fayne Robinson, Puhanga Tupaea, TungiaBaker and Bevan Climo. Pope & Pope 1997, pp. 390–391. Rainforest 2020. Westland...
the 1990s. She was named as a kaumātua / elder of Taki Rua alongside TungiaBaker, John Tahuparae, Wi Kuki Kaa, Bob Wiki, Rona Bailey and Keri Kaa. Takitoru...
over 12,000 copies, and extracts from the first volume were recorded by TungiaBaker and aired on Radio New Zealand. Mary Varnham, publisher, names the first...
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