Rachel House

Personal context

Summary

Rachel House is a New Zealand actor and theatre and film director known for Whale Rider, Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and Moana. Her work spans comedy, drama, and Māori theatre, with recurring attention to Māori culture, language, and Indigenous perspectives. She has spoken in support of Indigenous representation and cultural survival, and received the Ramai Hayward Wāhine Māori Director Scholarship to support her feature directing work. No public party-campaigning is on record.