Ngaire Fuata
Ngaire Fuata | |
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Also known as | Ngaire |
Born | St Austell, England |
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Television producer |
Years active | 1990s |
Ngaire Fuata is a New Zealand Television producer for TVNZ and a former Pop singer. She is of Rotuman and Dutch descent.[citation needed]
Personal life[]
Born in England, Fuata later migrated to New Zealand with her parents at a young age.[1] She grew up in Whakatane. She has been working in the television industry for more than 20 years.[2] In 2011, Fuata and her daughter visited her father's native island of Rotuma and filmed a documentary called Salat se Rotuma - Passage to Rotuma for TVNZ's Tagata Pasifika programme.[3]
Music career[]
Fuata released her debut album self-titled Ngaire in 1991. She is best known for her remake of Lulu's To Sir with Love. It spent 5 weeks at number one on the New Zealand charts in 1990.[4]
Filmography[]
Short Films[]
Year | Short Film | Role | Note |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | Ma | Executive Producer Producer Production Manager |
Short Film |
2012 | Snow in Paradise | Associate Producer | Short Film |
2011 | Salat se Rotuma - Passage to Rotuma | Production Manager | Documentary |
Discography[]
Album[]
- 1991: Ngaire
Single[]
- To Sir with Love
- Son of a Preacher Man
References[]
- ^ thunderproductionsnz.com (2014). "Salat se Rotuma - Passage to Rotuma (2011)". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ TVNZ.co.nz (2014). "Ngaire Fuata". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Salat se Rotuma - Passage to Rotuma". NZ On Screen. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ^ Duncan Greive (26 Apr 2013). "The Number One Hits: 1990-1999". AudioCulture. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
External links[]
- Ngaire Fuata at IMDb
- Ngaire Fuata on Twitter
Categories:
- Living people
- New Zealand television producers
- Women television producers
- New Zealand people of Rotuman descent
- New Zealand people of Dutch descent
- People from Whakatāne
- English people of Rotuman descent
- English people of Dutch descent
- English emigrants to New Zealand
- New Zealand women pop singers