Taika Waititi pokes fun at John Key and National
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Here’s another reason to love Taika Waititi. The What We Do In The Shadows star posted this photograph on Facebook today, which fetched almost 100 shares…
Tag Archives: New Zealand
Maoriland Film Festival announced
The MAORILAND FILM FESTIVAL is to be an annual International Indigenous Film Festival in Otaki, New Zealand. Otaki is known as a place with a strong Maori identity. The festival’s […]
Super City II DVD out now!
Super City II, created by Madeleine Sami and Thomas Sainsbury, directed by Oscar Kightley is available on DVD from December 5th. Buy at JB HIFI, The Warehouse, Mighty Ape or […]
Art in the Dark festival
At the beginning of November, Western Park on Ponsonby Road in Auckland was lit by the annual Art in the Dark festival. Ford, the sponsor of the festival was behind […]
Nespresso artwork
Taika Waititi, Martin Bosley, Camille Guzzwell. Photo source: Lucire.com On November 12th, Taika attended an opening of a new Nespresso boutique on Lambton Quay in Wellington. Other guests included Prime […]
Drum Up Support
New Zealand Festival The Big Bang – Drum Up Support Appeal The 2014 New Zealand Festival will open on Friday 21 February with an explosive event in Civic Square for […]
Shopping New Zealand premiere
Taika and Chelsea attended the Wellington premiere of a New Zealand film, Shopping. Wellington’s hottest stars braved a chilly night for the premiere of local film Shopping at the Embassy […]
Photos and twitter “reviews” of The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs 2.0
Sorry for relying on Twitter so much, but it’s the best source for any photos, news and reviews when the rest of the Internet is quiet about things you look […]
A Q&A with Taika on the Silo facebook page
Hello Taika Waititi! 1. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU DO? I’m a self-employed anythinger. I think the job-description John Key might use is: “Freeloading arty type”. 2. WHAT ARE SOME […]
Back on stage for one night only
Taika has a great experience in performing live on stage as a stand-up comedian as well as an actor. This Sunday, together with Madeleine Sami, he joins the cast of […]
The winner of best presenter at the 2012 VNZMA
Presenting people’s churs at Gin & Kimbra music awards. @homebrewcrew will be most interesting entity there. Followed closely by the bar. — Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) October 31, 2012 Taika was […]
We Can Create
Taika Waititi’s presentation at the We Can Create design conference yesterday didn’t start out so well. He’d lost a very important piece of paper, the sound tech wasn’t working, and […]
Taika joins the We Can Create speaker line up
Last year, Taika was invited to speak at the first symposium for creative industry professionals in New Zealand, We Can Create. Unfortunately, because he was shooting the US version of […]
Friends make films together
In his recent interview with 1.4, Taika said, “I’m in NZ helping build the set for a movie that I’m making with my friends.” By friends, he meant Jemaine Clement […]
An official Ambassador of Tropfest NZ
Tropfest began twenty years ago when Director John Polson showed a six-minute film he made for under $100 at his local café (‘The Tropicana’) in Sydney for 200 friends and […]
