Ngaire Fuata

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| background = solo_singer

| alias = Ngaire

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|23|1990}}

| birth_place = St Austell, England

| origin = New Zealand

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| genre = Pop

| occupations = Television producer

| years_active = 1990s

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Ngaire Fuata (born {{Birth based on age as of date|23|1990}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.rotuma.net/os/biographies/Ngaire_Fuata/Ngaire_Fuata.htm |title=Fuata's musical dream run |access-date=2025-07-10 |website=www.rotuma.net}}) is a New Zealand television producer for TVNZ and a former Pop singer. She is of Rotuman and Dutch descent. {{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}

Personal life

Born in England, Fuata later migrated to New Zealand with her parents at a young age.{{cite web|url=http://www.thunderproductionsnz.com/documentary.html |title=Salat se Rotuma - Passage to Rotuma (2011) |author=thunderproductionsnz.com |date=2014 |accessdate=8 November 2014}} She grew up in Whakatāne. She has been working in the television industry for more than 20 years.{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/tagata-pasifika/ngaire-fuata-5012861 |title=Ngaire Fuata |author=TVNZ.co.nz |date=2014 |accessdate=8 November 2014}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/salat-se-rotuma---passage-to-rotuma-2011 | title=Salat se Rotuma - Passage to Rotuma | publisher=NZ On Screen | accessdate=June 19, 2015}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.audioculture.co.nz/scenes/the-number-one-hits-1990-1999 |title=The Number One Hits: 1990-1999 |author=Duncan Greive | publisher=AudioCulture |date= 26 Apr 2013 |accessdate=8 November 2014}}

Filmography

=Short films=

Year	Short Film	Role	Note
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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