1. Peter David Broughton, generally known as Rawiri Paratene, is a New Zealand stage and screen actor, director and writer.
16 Facts About Rawiri Paratene
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Rawiri Paratene is known for his acting roles in Whale Rider and The Insatiable Moon.
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Rawiri Paratene grew up in the south Auckland suburb of Otara, and attended Hillary College as David Broughton, the English form of his name.
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Rawiri Paratene's parents were Boyd Alex Broughton and Patricia Charlotte Hancy.
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Rawiri Paratene initially struggled with reading and writing at school, but went on to be the first Maori graduate of the New Zealand Drama School.
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Rawiri Paratene graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts.
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Rawiri Paratene was president of the Wellington chapter, and was one of those who presented the 1972 Te reo Maori petition to parliament.
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Today, working in the arts, Rawiri Paratene aspires to have more Maori stories on film.
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Rawiri Paratene was selected as a Shakespeare's Globe International Actor's Fellow in 2007.
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Rawiri Paratene is an actor, director and writer and appeared as Friar Lawrence in the 2009 London Globe Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet.
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In 2014, Rawiri Paratene joined the cast of the London Globe Theatre's two-year world tour of Hamlet, visiting 205 countries.
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Rawiri Paratene was the only non-British based actor in the cast.
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On 18 September 2008, the Green Party announced that Rawiri Paratene was standing as their candidate for Maungakiekie in the 2008 election.
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Rawiri Paratene is the father of Marama Davidson, who became the Green Party co-leader on 8 April 2018.
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Rawiri Paratene became an MP in 2015 when Russel Norman resigned.
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Rawiri Paratene had previously stood for the Green Party in the 2013 Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election and the 2014 general election.