Veeshayne Patuwai née Armstrong (born 1972) is a

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television presenter, actress, emcee and singer and currently appears on two shows on the

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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

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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 Kawakawa is a small town in the Bay of Islands area of the Northland Region of New Zealand. Kawakawa developed as a service town when coal was found there in the 1860s, but coal mining ceased in the early 20th century. The economy is now based o ...

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 ''

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''. She has recently started her own production company, Mad Ave Studios. She is married to Tamati Patuwai, also an actor of Māori heritage, who appeared in the episodes of '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', '' Mataku'', ''

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'', and films such as ''

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''.

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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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