Pio Terei is an actor, singer and comedian, who has been been involved in a wide range of TV shows such as: Issues, Pete and Pio, Big Night In and Tangaroa with Pio. He also had a small role in the feature film No. 2 and a dramatic role in Mataku. In 2009 Terei began hosting iconic quiz show It’s in the Bag for Maori Television.

Pio Terei is an actor, singer and comedian, who has been been involved in a wide range of TV shows such as: Issues, Pete and Pio, Big Night In and Tangaroa with Pio. He also had a small role in the feature film No. 2 and a dramatic role in Mataku. In 2009 Terei began hosting iconic quiz show It’s in the Bag for Maori Television.

In this ScreenTalk interview, Terei talks about:

• Being a little scared joining legends of comedy on Issues
• Adopting an arrogant persona to impersonate Winston Peters on the show
• Working with mentor Peter Rowley on the comedy show Pete and Pio
• How ‘taking the piss’ out of Pakeha in The Life and Times of Te Tutu raised hackles
• Being inspired by his co-stars in the feature film No. 2
• Loving the unique sense of New Zealand in game show It’s in the Bag
• How winning a booby prize meant so much to one contestant

This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.

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