Artist Profile

James Maaeva

James Maaeva (Ngāpuhi) is proud of his Māori and Cook Islands heritage. A Performing
Arts Acting graduate from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, James is just as comfortable on stage as in front of the camera. He has been seen in Shortland Street, in pioneering short films, web series and music videos, and trod the boards in Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing for Pop-Up Globe, Polo and To Kill a Mockingbird for Auckland Theatre Company, Mai Whetu: Mea Fou and Tropical Love Birds.