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Troy Kingi

Troy Kingi

Acting

Biography

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’.

Known For

Hunt for the Wilderpeople
7.6

Ricky 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
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3.0

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
The Panthers
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Auckland, 1974 - in the face of increased racial-targeting, a group of Polynesian students and street gangsters form a revolutionary movement for justice and equality.

The Panthers

2021
Toke
N/A

Drama 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
The Mountain
5.5

Sam, 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
The Breaker Upperers
5.2

Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.

The Breaker Upperers

2018
Uproar
6.0

A 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
The Raid
6.4

Inspired 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’.

The Raid

2022
Kiwi Christmas
5.2

Fed 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
Shadow Cut
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A 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
First Horse
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In pre-colonial Aotearoa a young Māori girl witnesses the best and worst of a rapidly changing world when she encounters a dying man and his horse.

First Horse

2024
Topp Class: A Topp Twins Tribute Concert
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NZ’s top musicians and comedians celebrate the extraordinary contribution Dames Lynda & Jools Topp have made to Aotearoa New Zealand over 40 years. Made with the support of NZ On Air.

Topp Class: A Topp Twins Tribute Concert

2022
Mt. Zion
6.0

Turei, 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