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Tearepa Kahi (born 16 March 1978), also known as Te Arepa Kahi, is a New Zealand film director and former actor of Ngāti Paoa and Waikato Tainui descent. Kahi is best known for the 2013 drama Mt. Zion starring Stan Walker, and the Pātea Māori Club documentary Poi E: The Story of a Song (2016).
Christchurch-raised Tearepa Kahi began acting and playing saxophone as a teen, then spent two years in a theatre troupe run by Jim Moriarty. Later he studied history and Māori at Auckland University, and acted in landmark te reo film The Māori Merchant of Venice (2002).
Tearepa Kahi, writer and director of Muru. (Photo supplied) Tearepa Kahi has already made a mark in the theatre as a reo-speaking Shakespearean actor, and as a writer and director of the documentary on Dalvanius and Patea’s Poi E anthem.
Sep 21, 2022 · Jay Ryan, Cliff Curtis, and director Tearepa Kahi discuss their experience making Muru and working with New Zealand Māori activist, Tāme Iti.
Oct 14, 2022 · Directed by Tearepa Kahi and starring Cliff Curtis, Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett, and legendary artist, activist and leader Tāme Iti as himself, commenting on his own involvement in the raids, Muru is a dynamic, important thriller detailing a necessary story and response.
Sep 10, 2023 · It’s the fourth feature by director Tearepa Kahi. His earlier films have been much gentler affairs, whether it was the young band drama of Mt Zionor his celebratory music documentaries...
Sep 14, 2022 · With the film making its international premiere at the Toronto Film Festival this week, Kahi spoke about what inspired him to take on the sprawling thriller after spending much of the last decade making documentaries, drawing strength from the Tūhoe community and getting the most out of a month-long shoot.
