Ramon Te Wake Explained

Ramon Te Wake
Birth Date:1976 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Dargaville, New Zealand

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Early life

Te Wake was born in Dargaville to Māori parents Ray and Tilly Te Wake.[3] She is the decentdant of Heremia Te Wake who was a notable tribe leader, who is the father of respected kuia (Māori elder), Dame Whina Cooper.[4] She grew up in Ascot Park, a suburb in Porirua. She moved to Wellington in the early 1990s, and then to Auckland shortly after.

Music

She released her debut EP, The Arrival in 2002 and toured New Zealand in R&B / Funk band Pure Funk during 1995 and 1996.[5] In June 2005 she received a grant of up to $15,000 to record a new CD from Te Waka Toi, the Màori arts board of Creative New Zealand.[6] Her second album, Movement is Essential, came out in 2008.[7] In 2008 Ramon started a DJ residency at Kiss bar called "Delicious Thursdays."[8] She is also a well known model and "the first transgender girl to appear in music video clips and a Coca-Cola commercial."[5] In 2005 Te Wake joined King Kapisi in presenting Pasifika 2005 festival, the biggest Polynesian culture festival in the world held in Auckland every year since 1992, it was televised on TV2.[9]

TV

Her first presenting job was for Māori Television, where she was one of three people fronting Takatāpui, which is Maori Television's first ever LGBT show.[1] The show began in 2004 and still continues today. Ramon's storytelling was noted by Scoop Independent News as "strong, creative and visual."[10] Ramon's most celebrated work from the programme was the coverage of the 2011 death of activist Carmen Rupe.[11] She had made a documentary of Rupe's life in 2006.[2] In 2008 she was one of several actors selected to portray Georgina Beyer, a trans woman who became the world's first openly transsexual mayor, as well as the world's first openly transsexual Member of Parliament, in a feature-length film.[12] In 2009 The Making of Ramon was a Takatāpui-produced documentary about Ramon which was aired as part of Triangle TV's Sunday Nights Out.[13] In 2011 Te Wake directed a 25-minute video "Pacific Voices" for the NZ AIDS Foundation addressing issues and lives of Pacific LGBT people "such as identity, sexual health, bullying and family estrangement" the project "offers hope through mutual support and self-determination."[14] She has co-directed two series with Damon Fepulia'i, Inky Pinky Ponky (2023) and most recently The Boy, The Queen, and Everything in Between (2024), credited also as the Writer.[15]

Discography

Albums

Music videos

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

TV

Theatre

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile: Ramon Te Wake . 11 July 2007 . Maori Television . 27 September 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927122311/http://maoritv.actrix.co.nz/newsletter/issue31/index.htm . 27 September 2007.
  2. News: A moment to remember Carmen at DNA tonight: Transgender songwriter and singer Ramon Te Wake will be acknowledging the passing of one of her heroes, Carmen Rupe, during her Soul Session With Ramon at Auckland's DNA tonight.. 27 September 2012. GayNZ.com. 15 December 2011. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924021045/http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/printer_11213.php. dead.
  3. http://www.frontofthebox.co.nz/Our-Programmes/Documentaries/The-Making-of-Ramon/MenuId/113.aspx "The Making of Ramon"
  4. Web site: Queens of Panguru Episode 2 Te Reo Māori Version . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/sfNsazURj7E . 2021-12-21 . live. Mika Haka Studio . 11 July 2017 . 3 August 2020.
  5. News: Queer Life Maori Style Is Back. 27 September 2012. Scoop Independent News. 28 February 2007.
  6. News: Music Features in Te Waka Toi Grants. 27 September 2012. Scoop Independent News. 2 June 2005.
  7. News: Ramon premières new songs on MySpace: Auckland-based transgender singer-songwriter Ramon Te Wake has premièred six songs on MySpace.com from her long-awaited second album Movement is Essential.. 27 September 2012. Gay NZ. 23 June 2008. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232427/http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_6115.php. dead.
  8. News: Party marks a decade of K' Rd's Kiss bar. 27 September 2012. GayNZ. 10 October 2008. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051308/http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/printer_6591.php. dead.
  9. News: Claudette Hauiti . Hauiti, Executive Producer . Claudette. Pasifika 2005: Synopsis. 27 September 2012. NZ On Screen. Makerita Urale, director, producer. 2005.
  10. News: Queer Life Maori Style Returns To Maori Television. 27 September 2012. Scoop Independent News. 22 May 2006.
  11. Web site: Takataapui TV: Carmen's story . 25 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130207192438/http://transhelp.net.nz/trans_news/TakataapuiCarmensstory.htm . 7 February 2013 .
  12. News: 7-figure budget for Georgina Beyer movie: The Australian-based Kiwi couple making a feature film telling the story of transsexual former MP Georgina Beyer are sparing no expense when filming begins this year – their budget is in the millions of dollars, reports TV3 News.. 27 September 2012. GayNZ. 11 January 2008. 31 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131031014757/http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_5450.php. dead.
  13. News: Triangle TV's Sunday Nights Out: After one week off, Triangle TV's Sunday evening festival of iconic Kiwi-made LGBT films and documentaries continue this weekend with some short docos about transgender New Zealanders.. 27 September 2012. GayNZ. 4 September 2009. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924021028/http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_7860.php. dead.
  14. News: Pacific Voices video resource goes online: A new resource addressing issues and lives of Pacific glbt people has gone online after being launched last Wednesday night.. 27 September 2012. GayNZ. 17 July 2011. 21 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140321031515/http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_10613.php. dead.
  15. Web site: Stuff . 2024-02-03 . www.stuff.co.nz.
  16. Web site: Hopgood . Sela Jane . 2023-06-27 . Why you should watch Inky Pinky Ponky . 2024-01-31 . The Spinoff . en.
  17. Web site: The Boy, The Queen, and Everything in Between . 2024-02-03 . www.tvnz.co.nz.

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