Whirimako Black

Actor / Commercial / Appearances
Age Range

50—59

Height

163cm

Eye Colour

Brown

Hair Colour

Black

Ethnicity

Māori

Based In

Auckland, New Zealand

Appearances

Personal Appearances, Singer

New Zealand’s soul diva, Whirimako Black has built up a loyal jazz, blues and Maori fan base with her sublime Te Reo Maori and English songs. She is, Undoubtedly, one of New Zealand’s finest musicians. Whirimako has performed through out New Zealand, Europe and Australia over the past decade. She creates a truly unique, intimate presence in her performances with sublime and exceptionally expressive voice that has been described as ‘pure velvet’. Whirimako’s distinctive sound, her use of traditional Maori musical forms and Te Reo Maori make her a unique and powerful voice for New Zealand.

Whirimako wrote the title theme songs for historian James Bellich’s acclaimed Television series The New Zealand Wars and recorded hymns for services in Gallipolli. In the 1990s Whirimako was involved in translating scripts for children’s programs into Te Reo Maori for Aotearoa TV as well as providing voices for some of the characters which are still played today on Maori Television.!

In 2012 Whirimako appeared in her debut acting role as the lead actress in White Lies, a New Zealand feature film, produced by South Pacific Pictures, directed by Dana Rotberg with Producer Chris Hampson.

Whirimako Black

Artist Resume

Feature Film

Year
Role
Production

2012

Paraiti

White Lies

South Pacific Pictures

Dir. Dana Rotberg

Short Film

Year
Role
Production

2019

Tui

Upstream

Dir. Adriana Martins da Silva

2016

Nan

How the Light Gets In

Gifthorse Films

Dir. Anya Beyersdorf

2016

Grumpy Old Kuia

The Spectacular Imagination of the Pohara Brothers

Independent

Dir. Todd Karehana

Awards

Year
Role
Production

2013

Nominee

Best Performance by an Actress for White Lies (2013)

New Zealand Film and TV Awards

2013

Nominee

Best Actress for White Lies (2013)

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Documentary

Year
Role
Production

2013

Presenter

The Black Legacy

Maui Productions

Dir. Ngatapa Black / Reuben Collier