Ngahuia Piripi Explained

Ngahuia Piripi is a New Zealand television actress. Piripi plays Esther Samuels on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.^[1]

Biography

Piripi was born in Auckland to Poto Stephens-Dunn and Haami Piripi; she was raised by her mother. She is a member of Te Rarawa tribe.^[2] She attended a Kura Kaupapa Māori (a Māori-language immersion primary school) and is fluent in Te Reo Māori.^[3]

She attended Auckland Girls' Grammar School and while still studying started working on Māori language television shows such as Whanau. After high school she started studying for a science degree then changed to a bachelor of Māori development at Auckland University of Technology. She continued to work on Maori language television, appearing in two seasons of the soap Korero Mai.^[4]

Piripi has also appeared in the movie Mahana, produced by Lee Tamahori.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shortland Street's Ngahuia Piripi And Teone Kahu's Real Life Romance. Mackenzie. Ellen. Now To Love. en. 7 March 2020.
2. Web site: Māori Language Week Ambassadors . 7 March 2020 . Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori . en-NZ.
3. Web site: Shortland Street's Ngahuia Piripi: 'You've got to embrace who you are'. Stuff. en. 7 March 2020.
4. Web site: Ngahuia Piripi. www.tvnz.co.nz. 7 March 2020.