Place of Birth: Bay of Islands, Northland Region, New Zealand
Date of Birth: July 22, 1962
Ethnicity:
*Māori, Welsh (father)
*Danish, French, English (mother)
Rena Owen is a New Zealand television, stage, and film actress.
Rena is the daughter of Cynthia and Ken John Owen (born Kake Hoani Ringi Owen). Rena was raised Catholic in Moerewa, New Zealand.
Rena’s father had Māori (from the Ngati Hine iwi), as well as some Welsh, ancestry. Rena’s mother a white woman born in Auckland, New Zealand, of Danish, French, and English, descent. Through her father, Rena is a descendant of a prominent Māori chief, Te Ruki Kawiti.
Rena’s paternal grandmother was named Nanny Upa.
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