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Aug 18, 2022 · Oscar Kightley walks along the field at his old college (Image: Tim D) Growing up Kightley picked up bits and pieces about what had happened. “Our house, like many Samoan houses, was like a ...
Aug 6, 2022 · Playwright Oscar Kightley sits down with Q+A to talk about the 25th anniversary performance of his show Dawn Raids, and the place of Pasifika in New ZealandS...
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Oscar Kightley. Writer: Sione's 2: Unfinished Business. Oscar Kightley was born on 14 September 1969. He is a writer and actor, known for Sione's 2: Unfinished Business (2012).
Oscar Kightley’s contemporary classic contrasts white-hot anger at the injustice visited upon Pacific People with wit and warmth, and Elvis - lots of Elvis. An unmissable new production of Dawn Raids , given fresh potency by the Apology.
Jun 9, 2010 · Renee Liang interviews Oscar Kightley about being a role model for youth, how our cultural landscape has changed and the universality of storytelling. “Maybe there’s something inbuilt, something that resonates in the stories that we keep telling about the human condition. Maybe it needs to be that way in order for people to learn from them.”.
Dec 6, 2023 · December 6, 2023. Oscar Kightley wins the 2023 TV Legend award. Director, show creator, playwright and actor Oscar Kightley, received the 2023 Television Legend award at the New Zealand Television Awards held in Auckland last night. The Samoan-born actor has been instrumental in creating critically acclaimed, award-winning work and has been a ...
Jan 27, 2018 · Oscar Kightley is a Samoan-born, New Zealand-raised writer/actor and director. Some of the most popular work he has been involved in include the movie series Sione's Wedding and the TV series bro'Town. In 2009 he was made a New Zealand Arts Foundation Arts Laureate. The same year he was given a medal from the Queen in recognition of services to New Zealand theatre and television. He most ...
