Jay Tewake (born 25 February 1990

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) is a New Zealand actor. He is best known for his work on the short film GURL and the reality TV mini series Queens of Panguru.

Music

Tewake has also done notable work in Music with producing acts including

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, JGeek and the Geeks, Bare Feet Street and many more. In 2011, Jay Tewake performed at the 2011 Rugby World Cup Music Event Mika's Aroha Mardi Gras. It was televised on

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. He performed He Hoi alongside his back up dancers GlamBoyz & Ka 400.

Health

Tewake was featured on Māori Television multiple times in a TV series called KA TV and KA Life. The shows were family shows promoting Health, fitness, well-being with dance, healthy eating and exercise. The TV series went on to become a free school holiday program to teach kids to dance. They also did a couple of publicity stunts with flash mobs. They got to join the 2011 Rugby World Cup Music Event Mika's Aroha Mardi Gras and the 2011 Kiwi Day Out.

The Queens of Panguru

In 2017, Jay Tewake starred in the reality TV Series The Queens of Panguru alongside

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and Maihi Makiha. The five episode short series is about three well known people from the LGBT community who live in the big city of Auckland, return home to their roots. The TV series was televised on Māori Television.

GURL

In 2020, Tewake starred the lead role in the short film GURL. The film was a prequel of the biopic "The Book of Carmen" which is currently in pre-production. The film is based on the life of

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. Tewake also sang on the film's soundtrack. Winner for Best Actor in Medium Length Film at Brazil International Film Festival.

Personal life

On the show Queens of Panguru, Tewake describes himself as a "young gay glamboy". He is the descendant of

Heremia Te Wake Heremia Te Wake (1838 – 29 November 1918) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader, farmer, assessor and catechist. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Te Rarawa iwi. He was born in Te Karaka, Northland, New Zealand. Celebrated land ac ...

who was a notable tribe leader, who is the father of respected kuia (

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elder),

Dame Whina Cooper Dame Whina Cooper (9 December 1895 – 26 March 1994) was a respected ( Māori elder), who worked for many years for the rights of her people, and particularly to improve the lot of Māori women. She is remembered for leading the 1975 Māori ...

Discography

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