Veeshayne Patuwai née Armstrong (born 1972) is a New Zealand television presenter, actress, emcee and singer and currently appears on two shows on the Māori Television network, a panelist on Ask Your Auntie and

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, a half-hour fashion magazine show. She is fluent in Te Reo Māori and English and has a son, Hohaia. She is of Nga Puhi and Ngati Hine descent. She is the youngest of six children and her hometown is

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. She graduated from Bay of Islands College and

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. In the 1990s she was a disc jockey, Radio DJ on Mai FM 88.6. Her show was Queen of the Night. She gained the job through being a personal assistant. As a radio DJ, she won the Best New Broadcaster award in the 1995 Mobil Radio Awards.RNZ
/ref> Her acting credits include '' The Māori Merchant of Venice'', where she played Nerissa, earning a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 2003 NZ Film and Television Awards,IMDB
/ref> and '' Jackson's Wharf''. She has recently started her own production company,

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. She is married to Tamati Patuwai, also an actor of Māori heritage, who appeared in the episodes of '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', '' Mataku'', '' Mercy Peak'', and films such as '' The Piano''.

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New Zealand television presenters New Zealand women television presenters 1972 births Living people Ngāpuhi people Ngāti Hine people People educated at Bay of Islands College {{Māori-bio-stub

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