Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Tame Iti

Biography

Tāme Wairere Iti is a New Zealand Māori activist, artist, actor and social worker. Of Ngāi Tūhoe descent, Iti rose to prominence as a member of the protest group Ngā Tamatoa in 1970s Auckland, becoming a key figure of the Māori protest movement and the Māori renaissance.