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Bronwyn Turei
Bronwyn Turei is a New Zealand actress and singer. She played Cordelia "Cody" Latimer in the New Zealand television comedy/drama series ''Go Girls'' (2009). Early life Born in Gisborne, New Zealand, she attended Gisborne Girls' High School and was Head Prefect in 2001. She moved to Auckland to attend the Unitec School of Performing Arts.http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/html/Articles/ArticlesPrint.aspx?id=9449 Turei is of Ngāti Porou tribal ancestry, through her father. Turei made her stage debut at the age of nine when she played a workhouse boy in a local production of ''Oliver Twist''. At high school in Gisborne, she had distinctive achievements in oratory, music, drama and korero Māori. She was one of 18 students chosen from an applicant pool of 160 to attend Unitec School of Performing Arts, that same year travelling to London to study at The Globe with the New Zealand Young Shakespeare Company. Turei released an album, ''Empty Room'' in 2006, available for preview o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisborne, New Zealand
Gisborne ( mi, Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa "Great standing place of Kiwa") is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne District (or Gisborne Region). It has a population of The district council has its headquarters in Whataupoko, in the central city. The settlement was originally known as Turanga and renamed Gisborne in 1870 in honour of New Zealand Colonial Secretary William Gisborne. Early history First arrivals The Gisborne region has been settled for over 700 years. For centuries the region has been inhabited by the tribes of Te Whanau-a-Kai, Ngaariki Kaiputahi, Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti. Their people descend from the voyagers of the Te Ikaroa-a-Rauru, Horouta and Tākitimu waka. East Coast oral traditions offer differing versions of Gisborne's establishment by Māori. One legend recounts that in the 1300s, the great navigator Kiwa landed at the Turanganui River first on the waka Tā ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
