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href="/wiki/Member_of_the_New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit">MNZM</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Oscar_Kightley_MNZM_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Oscar_Kightley_MNZM_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Oscar_Kightley_MNZM_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Oscar_Kightley_MNZM_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Oscar_Kightley_MNZM_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Oscar_Kightley_MNZM_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Oscar_Kightley_MNZM_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="790" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Kightley in 2008</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Oscar Vai To'elau Kightley</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1969-09-14</span>) </span>14 September 1969<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 55)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Apia,_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Apia, Samoa">Apia, Samoa</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">New Zealand, Samoan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rutherford_College,_Auckland" title="Rutherford College, Auckland">Rutherford College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actor, presenter, writer, director, comedian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour Party</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Oscar Vai To'elau Kightley</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit">MNZM</a></span></span> (born 14 September 1969) is a Samoan-New Zealander actor, television presenter, writer, journalist, director, and comedian. He acted in and co-wrote the successful 2006 film <i><a href="/wiki/Sione%27s_Wedding" title="Sione's Wedding">Sione's Wedding</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Kightley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kightley was born in 1969 in <a href="/wiki/Apia" title="Apia">Apia</a>, Samoa, the youngest of eight children, and was raised in his father's village of Faleatiu.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He came to New Zealand after the death of his father, when he was 4 years old and was adopted by his aunt and uncle, who lived in <a href="/wiki/West_Auckland,_New_Zealand" title="West Auckland, New Zealand">West Auckland</a>. He attended <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_College,_Auckland" title="Rutherford College, Auckland">Rutherford College</a>, where writing was his favourite subject. </p><p>After leaving school, Kightley was a cadet at the <i><a href="/wiki/Auckland_Star" title="Auckland Star">Auckland Star</a></i>, and worked as a journalist for four years.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I thought that was going to be me until I retired."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved to <a href="/wiki/Christchurch" title="Christchurch">Christchurch</a> in 1991 to be a presenter for the children's television show <i>Life in the Fridge Exists (L.I.F.E),</i> where he met <a href="/wiki/Tanya_Muagututi%27a" title="Tanya Muagututi'a">Tanya and Mishelle Muagututi'a</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erolia_Ifopo" title="Erolia Ifopo">Erolia Ifopo</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Small&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Simon Small (page does not exist)">Simon Small</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Kightley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Small had written his first full-length play, <i>Horizons</i>, about the Samoan experience in New Zealand, and invited Kightley to perform in it in his first acting role, along with Muagututi'a and Ifopo. <i>Horizons</i> opened the Performing Arts Theatre on 19 October 1991 in a production directed by Christina Stachurski. The play was re-workshopped and recast (but still with Kightley) and in August–September it played at Galaxy Theatre in Auckland, <a href="/wiki/Taki_Rua" title="Taki Rua">Taki Rua Depot</a>, and the Castle Theatre at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Otago" title="University of Otago">University of Otago</a> before returning to Christchurch.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1FreshOffTheBoat_HeraldTheatre_1994.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/1FreshOffTheBoat_HeraldTheatre_1994.jpg/220px-1FreshOffTheBoat_HeraldTheatre_1994.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/1FreshOffTheBoat_HeraldTheatre_1994.jpg/330px-1FreshOffTheBoat_HeraldTheatre_1994.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/1FreshOffTheBoat_HeraldTheatre_1994.jpg/440px-1FreshOffTheBoat_HeraldTheatre_1994.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="461" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Underground" title="Pacific Underground">Pacific Underground</a> members in 1994 during the season of <i>Fresh Off The Boat</i> at the Herald Theatre in <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>. From left: Michael Hodgson, Erolia Ifopo, <a href="/wiki/Tanya_Muagututi%27a" title="Tanya Muagututi'a">Tanya Muagututi'a</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Fane" title="David Fane">David Fane</a>, Mishelle Muagututi'a, and Kightley</figcaption></figure> <p>The success of <i>Horizons</i> inspired Kightley to form <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Underground" title="Pacific Underground">Pacific Underground</a> theatre company in Christchurch alongside Small, Muagututi'a, Ifopo, and Michael Hodgson, a mixture of people from <a href="/wiki/Palagi" title="Palagi">palagi</a> and Pacific Island identities. In just two months Kightley and Small (who wrote as Francis Serra) had written the play <i>Fresh off the Boat</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The play was workshopped by <a href="/wiki/Playmarket" title="Playmarket">Playmarket</a>, and directed by <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Lees" title="Nathaniel Lees">Nathaniel Lees</a> with <a href="/wiki/David_Fane" title="David Fane">David Fane</a> as the lead. The play opened at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rolleston_Ave_Theatre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rolleston Ave Theatre (page does not exist)">Rolleston Ave Theatre</a> in Christchurch in November 1993, toured to the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Fringe_Festival" title="New Zealand Fringe Festival">New Zealand Fringe Festival</a> in Wellington in 1994, and also played for three weeks at <a href="/wiki/Downstage_Theatre" title="Downstage Theatre">Downstage</a> in 1995. It later went to <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apia" title="Apia">Apia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>. It won a Media Peace Award and was published in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As well as Pacific Underground, Kightley co-founded the Island Players theatre company. He won the <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Mason_Playwriting_Award" title="Bruce Mason Playwriting Award">Bruce Mason Playwriting Award</a> in 1998<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has worked as a performer and writer for a number of television shows including <i>Skitz, Telly Laughs, The Panel, Sportzah,</i> and TV3's rugby coverage. His plays include <i>Dawn Raids, Island Girls</i>, <i>A Frigate Bird Sings</i> (co-written with <a href="/wiki/Dave_Fane" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Fane">Dave Fane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Lees" title="Nathaniel Lees">Nathaniel Lees</a>), and <i>Niu Sila</i> (co-written with <a href="/wiki/Dave_Armstrong_(playwright)" title="Dave Armstrong (playwright)">Dave Armstrong</a>). <i>Dawn Raids</i> was reissued in 2018 by <a href="/wiki/Playmarket" title="Playmarket">Playmarket</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kightley also co-wrote and took a lead role in the highly successful <i><a href="/wiki/Sione%27s_Wedding" title="Sione's Wedding">Sione’s Wedding</a></i> movies.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a breakfast announcer on <a href="/wiki/Niu_FM" class="mw-redirect" title="Niu FM">Niu FM</a> until January 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also been on <a href="/wiki/RNZ_National" title="RNZ National">RNZ National</a>/Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa National as a guest, as well as guest-hosting <a href="/wiki/Kim_Hill_(broadcaster)" title="Kim Hill (broadcaster)">Kim Hill</a>'s Saturday Morning show during Summer 2007–2008. In 2006 he received a Laureate Award from the <a href="/wiki/Arts_Foundation_of_New_Zealand" title="Arts Foundation of New Zealand">Arts Foundation of New Zealand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NZHerald50k_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZHerald50k-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a member of the comedy group the <a href="/wiki/Naked_Samoans" title="Naked Samoans">Naked Samoans</a>, who together wrote the animated television series <i><a href="/wiki/Bro%27Town" title="Bro'Town">bro'Town</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-NZHerald50k_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZHerald50k-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Kightley played the title character in the police drama <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_(New_Zealand_TV_series)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harry (New Zealand TV series) (page does not exist)">Harry</a></i>, which he also co-wrote. He directed <a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Sami" title="Madeleine Sami">Madeleine Sami</a>'s <a href="/wiki/TV3_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="TV3 (New Zealand)">TV3</a> comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Super_City_(TV_series)" title="Super City (TV series)">Super City</a>,</i> and co-directed a US pilot of it with <a href="/wiki/Taika_Waititi" title="Taika Waititi">Taika Waititi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, Kightley led a panel for <a href="/wiki/Auckland_Council" title="Auckland Council">Auckland Council</a> on why people should vote in local-body elections.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2022_New_Zealand_local_elections" title="2022 New Zealand local elections">2022 local-body elections</a>, Kightley was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Henderson-Massey_Local_Board" title="Henderson-Massey Local Board">Henderson-Massey local board</a>, representing the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_awards">Honours and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Kightley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Honours and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2009_New_Year_Honours_(New_Zealand)" title="2009 New Year Honours (New Zealand)">2009 New Year Honours</a>, Kightley was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit">Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit</a>, for services to television and the theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, he was awarded the Senior Pacific Artist Award with <a href="/wiki/David_Fane" title="David Fane">Dave Fane</a> at the Creative New Zealand <a href="/wiki/Arts_Pasifika_Awards" title="Arts Pasifika Awards">Arts Pasifka Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, Kightley received the <a href="/wiki/Fulbright_Program" title="Fulbright Program">Fulbright</a>-<a href="/wiki/Creative_New_Zealand" title="Creative New Zealand">Creative New Zealand</a> Pacific Writer's Residency, "a unique opportunity for a New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage to work on a creative writing project exploring Pacific identify, culture, or history."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The significance of this award is the place it has in the development of contemporary Maori and Pacifica culture, and of Kightley's stature within the history of that development. The Residency, located at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Hawai%CA%BBi_at_M%C4%81noa" title="University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa">University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was inaugurated by film director, writer, and educator <a href="/wiki/Sima_Urale" title="Sima Urale">Sima Urale</a> in 2004; other film and theatre artists who have received the award include <a href="/wiki/Victor_Rodger" title="Victor Rodger">Victor Rodger</a> (2006), <a href="/wiki/Toa_Fraser" title="Toa Fraser">Toa Fraser</a> (2009), and <a href="/wiki/Makerita_Urale" title="Makerita Urale">Makerita Urale</a> (2010).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is also where <a href="/wiki/Merata_Mita" title="Merata Mita">Merata Mita</a> "developed [the] Academy for Creative Media’s indigenous filmmaking program.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2019, Kightley was presented with a Scroll of Honour from the <a href="/wiki/Variety_Artists_Club_of_New_Zealand" title="Variety Artists Club of New Zealand">Variety Artists Club of New Zealand</a> for his contribution to New Zealand entertainment. </p><p>In November 2020, Kightley was named one of the best dressed men in show business on <a href="/wiki/David_Hartnell" title="David Hartnell">David Hartnell</a>'s best-dressed list.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Kightley&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <caption>Film </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Title </th> <th scope="col">Role </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Notes </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Source </th></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Sione%27s_Wedding" title="Sione's Wedding">Sione's Wedding</a></i> </th> <td>Albert </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Sione%27s_2:_Unfinished_Business" title="Sione's 2: Unfinished Business">Sione's 2: Unfinished Business</a></i> </th> <td>Albert </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_(New_Zealand_TV_series)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harry (New Zealand TV series) (page does not exist)">Harry</a></i> </th> <td>Harry Anglesea </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Hunt_for_the_Wilderpeople" title="Hunt for the Wilderpeople">Hunt for the Wilderpeople</a></i> </th> <td>Andy </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Moana_(2016_film)" title="Moana (2016 film)">Moana</a></i> </th> <td>Fisherman (voice) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <th scope="row"><i>Dawn Raid</i> </th> <td>Director </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <th scope="row"><i>Duck Rockers</i> </th> <td>Director/Writer/Isaac </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Next_Goal_Wins_(2023_film)" title="Next Goal Wins (2023 film)">Next Goal Wins</a></i> </th> <td>Tavita </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Kightley&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lyonel_Grant" title="Lyonel Grant">Lyonel Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witi_Ihimaera" title="Witi Ihimaera">Witi Ihimaera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Knox" title="Chris Knox">Chris Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nunns" title="Richard Nunns">Richard Nunns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Noble" title="Anne Noble">Anne Noble</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:">2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Devenie" title="Stuart Devenie">Stuart Devenie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Parmenter" title="Michael Parmenter">Michael Parmenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Narbey" title="Leon Narbey">Leon Narbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Farr" title="Gareth Farr">Gareth Farr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Parker_(potter)" title="John Parker (potter)">John Parker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:">2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Whirimako_Black" title="Whirimako Black">Whirimako Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Pardington" title="Fiona Pardington">Fiona Pardington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Perkins_(novelist)" title="Emily Perkins (novelist)">Emily Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemi_Ponifasio" title="Lemi Ponifasio">Lemi Ponifasio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leanne_Pooley" title="Leanne Pooley">Leanne Pooley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:">2012</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruia_Aperahama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ruia Aperahama (page does not exist)">Ruia Aperahama</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_de_Lautour&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tony de Lautour (page does not exist)">Tony de Lautour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_House" title="Rachel House">Rachel House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_O%27Brien" title="Gregory O'Brien">Gregory O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Samuel" title="Fiona Samuel">Fiona Samuel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Aberhart" title="Laurence Aberhart">Laurence Aberhart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Campion" title="Jane Campion">Jane Campion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Parker" title="Dean Parker">Dean Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damien_Wilkins_(writer)" title="Damien Wilkins (writer)">Damien Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megan_Wraight" title="Megan Wraight">Megan Wraight</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Curtis" title="Cliff Curtis">Cliff Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Reihana" title="Lisa Reihana">Lisa Reihana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Cochrane" title="Geoff Cochrane">Geoff Cochrane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Harris_(composer)" title="Ross Harris (composer)">Ross Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Koroneho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Koroneho (page does not exist)">Charles Koroneho</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delaney_Davidson" title="Delaney Davidson">Delaney Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Brodie" title="Sara Brodie">Sara Brodie</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wetini_Mitai-Ngatai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wetini Mitai-Ngatai (page does not exist)">Wetini Mitai-Ngatai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Belton" title="Daniel Belton">Daniel Belton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Walker" title="Lisa Walker">Lisa Walker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Catton" title="Eleanor Catton">Eleanor Catton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyell_Cresswell" title="Lyell Cresswell">Lyell Cresswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dylan_Horrocks" title="Dylan Horrocks">Dylan Horrocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(artist)" title="Peter Robinson (artist)">Peter Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taika_Waititi" title="Taika Waititi">Taika Waititi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Niki_Caro" title="Niki Caro">Niki Caro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jemaine_Clement" title="Jemaine Clement">Jemaine Clement</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ross_McCormack_(dancer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ross McCormack (dancer) (page does not exist)">Ross McCormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Ruha" 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