Marae stay for movie star

Karl Urban

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A Kiwi movie star spent a weekend at Ururangi Marae in Awarua last week to learn more about his wife’s cultural heritage.

Karl Urban, who starred in Pathfinder and co-starred in such epics as The Bourne Supremacy, Doom, The Lord of the Rings, Star Trek and The Chronicles of Riddick met with kaumatua and members of his wife Natalie Wihongi’s family during the weekend. The couple’s two sons, eight-year-old Hunter and Indiana, 3, also stayed over.

Karl, Natalie and his family live in Auckland. This week, he is leaving for Argentina where he has a role in a new movie.

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