Chris Huriwai

Pere Huriwai-Seger formerly know 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
  1. "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. http://www.uniconxv.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/UniconXV_Artistic_Street.pdf
  5. "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.


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