Taane Mete
{{Short description|New Zealand dancer, choreographer, yoga teacher}}
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Taane Mete is a New Zealand dancer, choreographer and yoga teacher.{{Cite web|last=NZ OnScreen|title=Kete Aronui – Taane Mete & Taiaroa Royal {{!}} Television {{!}} NZ On Screen|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/kete-aronui-taane-mete-taiaroa-royal-2007|url-status=live|access-date=20 August 2021|website=www.nzonscreen.com|language=en|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821080612/https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/kete-aronui-taane-mete-taiaroa-royal-2007}}
Early life and education
Mete affiliates with Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Koroki-Kahukura.{{Cite news |date=6 February 2021 |title=Taonga: dancer, yoga teacher Taane Mete on his treasure, a boar tusk |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/taonga-dancer-yoga-teacher-taane-mete-on-his-treasure-a-boar-tusk/W6DJY7YGPJMWANQUSUBTLM4S4Y/ |access-date=20 August 2021 |work=The New Zealand Herald |archive-date=20 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820060310/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/taonga-dancer-yoga-teacher-taane-mete-on-his-treasure-a-boar-tusk/W6DJY7YGPJMWANQUSUBTLM4S4Y/ |url-status=live }} He graduated with honours from the New Zealand School of Dance in 1988.{{Cite web|title=Taane Mete|url=http://www.independancenz.org/taane-mete.html|access-date=20 August 2021|website=IndepenDANCE|language=en|archive-date=20 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820061411/http://www.independancenz.org/taane-mete.html|url-status=live}} In 2008 he completed the Leadership New Zealand Programme, Pūmanawa Kaiārahi o Aotearoa.{{Cite web|title=Taane Mete - Alumnus 2008|url=https://www.leadershipnz.co.nz/blog/latest-news/2018/3/24/taane-mete-alumnus-2008|access-date=2021-08-29|website=Leadership NZ|language=en-NZ|archive-date=29 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829002625/https://www.leadershipnz.co.nz/blog/latest-news/2018/3/24/taane-mete-alumnus-2008|url-status=live}}
Work
Mete is a dancer, choreographer and yoga teacher, and was a founding member of Black Grace Dance Company. He has danced with Footnote Dance Company, the Douglas Wright Dance Company, Taiao Dance Company, and Fusion Dance Theatre, and the Atamira Dance Company, among others. Mete formed the Okareka Dance Company in 2007 with Taiaroa Royal.
Mete has taught at UNITEC New Zealand and the New Zealand School of Dance.
Mete featured in Shona McCullagh's short film Hurtle, and Peter Jackson's King Kong, and has appeared as a presenter for the television programme Takataapui.
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Category:New Zealand Māori people
Category:Ngāti Kahungunu people
Category:Ngāti Korokī Kahukura people
Category:New Zealand choreographers
Category:New Zealand School of Dance alumni
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