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Chris Huriwai

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Pere Huriwai-Seger formerly known as Christian Huriwai[1] (born 1 February 1992)[2] is an extreme street unicyclist from Kaikohe, New Zealand. He is the former and three time street world champion after taking the title from Adrien Delecroix[3] during UNICON XV, in Wellington, New Zealand in 2009–10.[1][4]

Pere Huriwai runs his own unicycle team, Hippo Unicycles,[5] focusing on increasing unicycle participation and creating a base of content for extreme unicycling in New Zealand and Australia.[6]

Pere Huriwai created UniQuest, "an online unicycle tutorial series, to give aspiring unicyclists the guidance that (he) received from (his) role models when (he) started".[7]

He is a vegan, and co-produced the 2021 documentary Milked, in which he investigates various negative effects of New Zealand's dairy industry on the environment, health, and animals.[8][9]

He and his partner Samah Huriwai-Seger are activists, sharing anti-oppression content on decolonialism, veganism, and sociopolitical issues, including co-governance as Aotearoa Liberation League.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kiwi wins world unicycle title". New Zealand Herald. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Christian Huriwai". Online Video Guide. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-04-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b http://www.uniconxv.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/UniconXV_Artistic_Street.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ a b "Hippo". Hippo. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  6. ^ "About Us". Hippo. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  7. ^ "UniQuest is creating unicycle tutorials/content". Patreon. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  8. ^ Taylor, Amy (25 October 2021). "Māori activist Chris Huriwai takes on New Zealand's dairy industry in new documentary 'Milked'". Newshub. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  9. ^ Screen, NZ On. "Milked | Film | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.