When Te Kohe Tuhaka first became an actor, it was rare to see anything to do with te ao Māori behind the scenes.
“There was no karakia, there was no cultural sensitivities around anything. It was a gig. We were paid to do a gig,” Tuhaka (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou) tells Stuff.
This approach to story-telling was a change for the acclaimed actor, who was raised in a reo-speaking household, and is closely connected to his culture.
