---
name: "Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tioreore-ngatai-melbourne"
fi1m_id: "tioreore-ngatai-melbourne"
imdb_id: "nm8051777"
tmdb_id: 1622074
wikidata_id: "Q99763821"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 October 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:56:39.353138+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."
---

# Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne

## Identity

Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tioreore-ngatai-melbourne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tioreore-ngatai-melbourne
- **IMDb ID:** nm8051777
- **TMDB ID:** 1622074
- **Wikidata ID:** Q99763821
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tioreore_Ngatai-Melbourne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99763821, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8051777/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1622074

Actor. Born 21 October 1999 in East Coast, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 October 1999, East Coast, New Zealand
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tioreore_Ngatai-Melbourne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99763821, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8051777/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1622074

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Hunt for the Wilderpeople*](https://film.one/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople.md) (82)

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## Biography

Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne is a New Zealand actress, director and playwright. She made her screen debut as Kahu in Taika Waititi’s *Hunt for the Wilderpeople* (2016).

Raised on the East Coast, she attended a Māori-language immersion school and graduated with a BA in acting from Toi Whakaari in 2020. She is of Ngāti Porou and Tūhoe descent and is fluent in te reo Māori. Subsequent film roles include Makareta in *Cousins* (2021), teenage Whina Cooper in *Whina* (2022) and Rangimai in *The Convert* (2023).

Ngatai-Melbourne was named a Rising Star at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival for her performance in *The Convert*. She has also appeared in television series including *Kairākau* and directed the short film *E Rangi Rā* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nzonscreen.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hunt for the Wilderpeople* (2016), Fi1m 82, as Kahu — [page](https://film.one/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Baddies* (2026), series, as Anahera
- *The Convert* (2024), as Rangimai
- *We Are Still Here* (2023), as Te Mauniko
- *Whina* (2022), as Teenage Whina Cooper
- *E Rangi Rā* (2022), Director
- *Cousins* (2021), as Younger Makareta
- *Hunt for the Wilderpeople* (2016), as Kahu — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople.md)
- *Repeat*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne](https://film.one/media/person/125033/gallery-7f91f41bf09a.jpg) Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne — Image via TMDB
- ![Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne](https://film.one/media/person/125033/gallery-f494bab1c39d.jpg) Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne — Image via TMDB
- ![Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne](https://film.one/media/person/125033/gallery-0dca0d3ab905.jpg) Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne — Image via TMDB
- ![Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne](https://film.one/media/person/125033/gallery-8bca1bc2abb3.jpg) Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne — Image via TMDB
- ![Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne](https://film.one/media/person/125033/gallery-d43d8b42f9a5.jpg) Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne — Image via TMDB

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