NZ-born Samoan Wesley Faleolo is the intellectual property owner of the STAGE Of Origin concept, and founder of Pronesia.

In 2002 Wesley decided to leave the corporate environment and pursue his dream to form an organisation that would allow many to seek opportunities in sports, music, theatre and art.
From this vision, Pronesia Ltd was established, and shortly after founded the Charitable trust that worked in with achieving it’s objectives.

He has an unselfish vision to provide opportunities for others, and has merged community work and business sales & marketing techniques with his creative and innovating ideas, to develop a ground breaking concept that has proven to be a success.

Wesley welcomes the transition from Theatre to Television for the SOO event and he believes New Zealanders in general are waiting for a change in how Television and the community, can benefit in a fun filled practical and simple way.
Being the E.P for SOO 2007 on Maori TV, Wesley has received the trust of those in the media industry and has surrounded himself with experience & expertise.

Having 7 years experience in the television industry with Sky TV & TV3, Patrick has picked up on the trade, off well respected industry people, in turn enabling him to step out and pursue his ultimate goal to become a film director. His position as a Producer brings in the much needed experience to ensuring the creative energy of many of our talented writers finds a place on our screens.

Henry Tuipea graduated from UNITEC’s School of Performing & Screen Arts with a Bachelor of Screen Arts majoring in Acting. He made his professional acting debut in 1994 at the age 11. He played David Kreber, a lead role in the Ann Andrews Production ‘Think of a Garden’ directed by Nathaniel Lees. He has performed in several theatre productions and short films in recent years including the lead role in the short film ‘Hidden Pain’ which was screened at Robert Redfords ‘Sundance Film Festival’ in 2003.

While hosting his older brothers ‘Graduation’ party he was spotted by one of the guests and has since been Master of Ceremonies for countless events and festivals including the ASB Bank Young Sports Person of the Year Awards Dinner, The Cut Above Academy Graduation, Fonterra’s Christmas in the Park just to name a few. He is also the official voice of Eden Park, doing the Ground Announcing and music for all BLUES and Auckland NPC home games. Other sporting events he has announced include the NZ Breakers, North Harbour Heat Basketball, Auckland Cricket and NZ American Football Association games.

He was also a co-host for Niu FM’s ‘House of Brown’ breakfast show and an integral part of their promotions team, and currently hosts Niu FM’s Drive Thru show.

He had a segment on TVNZs ‘Homegrown’ with Jude Dobson’s ‘Homegrown’ and presented for TV3’s ‘Pacific Beat St’