Teremoana

Age:

30

Iwi:

Ngāti te Paki

Whānau:

Four beautiful boys aged 9, 7, 5, 1.

Educational background:

A Bursary

Tell us something you remember about school:

The teachers weren't very enthusiastic and we were treated as numbers not as individuals. Thereby the teacher missed the potential that a student may have had in specific areas as opposed to the school curriculum.

Occupation:

Mama, television director, singer/songwriter.

What did you want to be when you were young?

A good housewife and mother, air hostess, accountant, a muppet.

Who are your inspirational role models?

Parents who manage to hold down mahi and their families whilst maintaining good morals/values.

What significant event has influenced your life?

Realising that my sexual gender and skin colour makes a difference to other people in the world.

What is your favourite...

· food?

Rice.

· music?

All types. Favourite albums – Return of the Boom Bap, KRS-One.

· person/people?

People that maintain the strength to overcome adversity.

· movie?

The series Lone Wolf and Cubsserie (about Ogami Itto and Daigoro).

· pastime?

Building Bandai models, reading comics, playing chess against my 9-year-old son.

Tell us about some of your personal qualities and attributes.

I like to finish what I start.

What would be your ideal day?

Spending it with my family and not having to scream at them (sons) for that day.

What is your most embarrassing moment?

Blowing bogie bubbles at the best of times in public when you've got a cold!

What are your ambitions?

To retire comfortably by age 45.

What sparked your interest in following your particular career path?

I couldn't afford to go to university (mathematics, astronomy, physics) and hold down family and a mortgage, so television looked like a good alternative. Music-making comes from the heart so that was something I could do, relatively for free.

May 2004