Maaka Pohatu

Maaka Pohatu
BornDunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
GenresMāori Showband, comedy, drama, theatre
Occupation(s)actor, musician
Instrument(s)guitar, vocals

Maaka Pohatu is a New Zealand actor and musician. Pohatu is also a founding member of Māori showband the Modern Māori Quartet.[1] He co-wrote and performed songs, with the other band members, for the Modern Māori Quartet's debut album That's Us! (2017).[2]

Pohatu co-stars on the New Zealand mockumentary comedy horror television series Wellington Paranormal, part of the What We Do in the Shadows franchise. In 2018, Maaka along with other members of Modern Māori Quartet, began touring their cabaret show Modern Māori Quartet: Two Worlds.[3] Pohatu co-hosted Māori Television's My Party Song as part of the Modern Māori Quartet.[4] He has had featured roles in the films Two Little Boys (2012) and Poi E (2016).[5]

  1. ^ "Is the Modern Maori Quartet New Zealand's next big thing?". The New Zealand Herald. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. ^ "That's Us! Modern Māori Quartet". The Big Idea. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Modern Māori Quartet:Two Worlds". witnessperformance.com. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  4. ^ "My Party Song". Māori Television. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Poi E: The Story of Our Song". nzfilm.nz.co. Retrieved 16 October 2019.