Pana Hema Taylor
Birth Name: Pana Lawrence Hema-Taylor
Place of Birth: Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Date of Birth: 14 September, 1989
Ethnicity: Māori, English
Pana Hema Taylor is a New Zealand actor. He is known for starring in the series The Brokenwood Mysteries, as well as Spartacus and Westside.
His father is surnamed Taylor. He grew up in Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. After his parents separated, he moved to Christchurch. He has a son with his former wife, actress Danielle Cormack; and a daughter with his partner Naomi Campbell. He is of Ngāti Kahungunu descent.
Pana’s maternal grandfather was Rawiri (Lofty) Pana Hema (the son of Pana Hema and Kokakora Rangihuna). Pana’s great-grandfather Pana was the son of Wiremu Puhara Hema and Titihuia Marlene Kokere. Kokakora was the daughter of Wiremu Katene Paraire Rangihuna and Arihia Alice Mataira, whose own mother was of half Māori and half English descent. Alice was the granddaughter of Thomas Halbert, a whaler and trader from Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Pana’s maternal grandmother was Madge (Sandy) Lawrence (the daughter of Leslie James (Jimmy) Lawrence and Hariata Haenga Paretipua). Madge was born in Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, North Island, New Zealand. Leslie was the son of English parents, James Edward Lawrence, from Kent, and Emma Coe, from Marylebone, London. Hariata was the daughter of Te Haenga Paretipua and Titihuia Nga Rangi Mataeo, who were Māori of Ngāti Kahungunu.
Sources: Genealogy of Pana Hema Taylor (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Pana’s maternal great-grandfather, Pana Hema (focusing on his own father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Pana’s maternal great-grandmother, Kokakora Rangihuna – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Pana’s maternal grandmother, Madge Lawrence – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Pana’s great-aunt (grandmother’s sister) – https://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Pana’s maternal great-grandfather, Leslie James (Jimmy) Lawrence (focusing on his own mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
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