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Kiri Allan
Politician
Father: Māori and one eighth English · Mother: English, one quarter Māori, 1/16th Scottish and 3/32 French
Te Karaka, Gisborne, New Zealand
Kiri Te Kanawa
Actor · Musician
Father: Māori, as well as 1/16th Scottish, 1/16th Colonial American [English] · Mother: English
Gisborne, New Zealand
KJ Apa
Actor · Musician
Samoan (paternal grandfather), English, Scottish, Northern Irish, Irish
Auckland, New Zealand
Lee Tamahori
Father: Māori, as well as 1/16th English, some Scottish · Mother: English
Wellington, New Zealand
Lisa Kekaula
Musician
Father: Native Hawaiian · Mother: African-American
Los Angeles, California, U.S. ( possibly )
Lorde
Musician
Irish, English, Serbian, Croatian, German, Scottish, likely 1/32 Polynesian/Pacific Islander
Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand
Mark Kanemura
TV Personality
Father: Japanese · Mother: Samoan, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, English, Irish
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Matthew Sato
Actor
*56.25% European [English, Irish, Scottish, German, Norwegian, Azorean Portuguese] *37.5% Japanese *3.125% Chinese *3.125% Native Hawaiian
Mililani, Hawaii, U.S.
Merata Mita
Actor
*75% Māori [Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāi Te Rangi] *25% British Isles [Scottish, some English, distant Cornish]
Maketū, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Merle Oberon
Actor
English, Irish, Indian, Māori
Girgaum, Emmanuel, Bombay, British India (now Girgaon, Mumbai)
Moana
Musician · TV Personality
Father: Māori, as well as small amount of Scottish · Mother: English, Irish, distant Scottish and European Royal
Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand
Morgan Eastwood
Actor
African-American, Japanese, Hawaiian, Irish, English, German, Scottish, smaller amounts of Dutch, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Welsh
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nanaia Mahuta
Politician
Father: Māori, one quarter Rarotongan Cook Islander, one eighth Irish, one eighth English · Mother: Māori, one quarter English
Auckland, New Zealand
Nicole Scherzinger
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
*50% Filipino [Ivatan] *25% Ukrainian *12.5% Hawaiian *12.5% Polish
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.