Billy T James

About Billy T James

 Billy T James was known by being a musician, entertainer  and comedian. He performed in a variety of shows around New Zealand.Billy T James grew up in Waikato and then moved to Whangarei where he went  to school and lived. He went to  Whangarei boys high school.   In 1988 Billy T James had come across a sudden heart disease where he had to undergo heart surgery.  Unfortunately the surgery was unsuccessful and he had to get a heart transplant. After he recovered he returned to the stage of the Aotea Centre in April 1990 for the special Billy T James, Alive and Gigging.  His health suddenly went downhill after that, in February 1991 he fell ill will heart failure once again. He sadly passed at Greenlane Hospital in Auckland on the 7 of August 1991. 

• Billy T James real name : William James Te Wehi Taitoko!

• Billy T James  was born in 17 January 1949  in Cambridge, New Zealand

• Billy T James died on the 7 of August 1991 aged  ( 42)   In Auckland , Zealand. (He died of a major heart attack)

• Billy T James is half Māori and half Scottish

• Billy T James was laid to rest in Mount Taupiri

What do you think of Billy T James ?

 Have you watched him before ? 

 Do you think he was making fun of his own culture  for fame ?  

Was he good at what he did ? 

Do you think Billy T James’s comedy would be popular in our time ?

What's your funniest episode/show Billy T James Produced Do you think Billy T James was racist? Why or why not?

Hāngi Report:)

 Prepping the fry bread

Last week our class Nga Here Kahikatea went to Whare Manaaki to prepare our hāngi. Isy, Hayley, Tiana and I decided we would help Matua Joe make fry bread. Making the fry bread was one of the many jobs to prepare the hāngi.

We firstly  started with  getting the fry bread ingredients ready such as flour, baking powder, salt and lukewarm water.  Once we found the ingredients we had to get started with pre-heating the pans and putting the oil in. Then we left it to heat up for the frying time. 

Then during  the time the oil was heating up  we got a bowl to put the dry ingredients in. We added one cup of flour at a time to the bowl,  followed by  a half a teaspoon of baking powder. We added 5 cups of flower so that would equal out  to be about two and a half teaspoons of baking powder. After we added the flour we added the lukewarm water. After that we mixed it to a strong consistency. Then we needed it on the table. After that we let it sit.

After we let that sit we rolled the dough out and  then cut it  in into rectangles/square shapes to get it ready to cook. Finally it was time to fry the bread. After  one side fried we flipped it over so the other side could fry. When we finished frying the bread we let it cool down for a bit.  We made about six batches.Then after that we presented about three batches to people that were there for a hui, along with buns, watermelon, biscuits and many more snacks. The fry bread was so delicious!