Wi Kuki Kaa

Wi Kuki Kaa (born 16 December 1938) was an actor who had been initially casted in 1999 to play Ghân-buri-Ghân in Peter Jackson's The Return of the King film, before the character was omitted from the screenplay. He ended up portraying Ghân simply for Decipher's The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game, under Daniel Falconer's direction. Kaa was a native of northeast New Zealand, born of the Ngāti Porou tribe. His career in cinema lasted fifty years ; in February 2006 he died at age 67.