---
name: "Joseph Kairau"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-kairau"
fi1m_id: "joseph-kairau"
imdb_id: "nm0435101"
tmdb_id: 7247
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 October 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:04:29.229221+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joseph Kairau

## Identity

Joseph Kairau

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-kairau
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-kairau
- **IMDb ID:** nm0435101
- **TMDB ID:** 7247
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435101/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7247

Actor. Born 26 October 1986 in Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 October 1986, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435101/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7247

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Once Were Warriors*](https://film.one/film/once-were-warriors.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joseph Kairau is a New Zealand actor. He was born on 26 October 1986 in Papakura, Auckland.

He played Huata Heke in the film *Once Were Warriors* (1994) and reprised the role in its sequel *What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?* (1999).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Once Were Warriors* (1994), Fi1m 82, as Huata Heke — [page](https://film.one/film/once-were-warriors.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?* (1999), as Huata Heke
- *Once Were Warriors* (1994), as Huata Heke — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/once-were-warriors.md)

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