Tahuna Studios
Māori-led. Boutique Studio. Fire.
Three elements. One fire. Nau mai ki Tahuna Studios.
Acacia O'Connor (GCM) and Zak Martin (J&L) — working actors, captured at Tahuna.
Te Pūtake
Tahuna te kāpura kia ora ai te kiri whakaari.
Ignite the fire so the actor lives.
Three things create fire.
Heat. Structure. Air.Tahuna Studios is the heat — raw walls, professional cinema gear, and a space built with intention. Te reo and tikanga Māori are the structure — the container that holds and protects everything that happens here. You are the air. Without any one of us, there is no flame.This is not a polished facility designed to make you feel like an actor. It is a working space designed to prove that you already are one. The studio does not validate your craft. You do — by what you bring into the room.Tahuna Studios exists for experienced actors who are ready to stop waiting and start showing. Your range. Your skill. Your athleticism. Captured properly, permanently, and without apology.He taura whiri tēnei — craft, culture, and cinema, woven as one.
"A space built for actors by an actor"
SELF-TAPE SESSIONSYou've got the audition. You've got the sides. What you need is a space that holds you while you do the mahi.Warm-up, multiple takes, notes between rounds, files prepped and ready to submit. You leave having done your best work. Not your most stressed work.
Your best.
SHOWREELSA showreel is not a highlight reel. It's the first thing a casting director sees when your name comes up — and it needs to make them feel something before a single word is spoken.We build from original scenes, written and shot specifically for you. The range you carry. The thing that makes you you.This is the deeper work. Which is why we don't put a booking link on it.
Get in touch. Let's kōrero first.
Rīhari Te Are (left), Founder of Tahuna Studios, alongside actor Cliff Curtis at the Auckland Premiere of Sgt. Haane, 2026.
"I loved it... he rangatira koe."
— Cliff CurtisMy tūpuna lit the first flame. Toi Whakaari fed it. The screen proved it could burn. Everything I have lived and fought for in this craft led to one truth — every actor carries a fire worth capturing. Tahuna Studios exists to make sure that fire is never left unlit.
See the fire
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If this space resonates with you — you will know.
When you are ready, we are here.
