Neil Gudsell "is a performance artist, actor and writer whose one-man show Uncooked has toured schools and clubs throughout New Zealand. An aerobic instructor, Neil Gudsell has also appeared at the fringe festivals at Adelaide and Edinburgh and has taken his aerobics team, Nga Toa, to South America and the United States. Neil Gudsell is a graduate of Te Ohu Whakaari. He gained further acting experience in television dramas, including Shark in the Park."
Biographical sources
- Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 3: Te Puāwaitanga O Te Kōrero: The Flowering. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1993. 224.
Music
- "Say No!" Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 3: Te Puāwaitanga O Te Kōrero: The Flowering. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1993. 224-225.
- This songis is part of Gudsell’s play Uncooked. In it he urges people to take a strong stand toward self protection against drug abuse and Aids.
Performing Arts
- "From Uncooked." Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 3: Te Puāwaitanga O Te Kōrero: The Flowering. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1993. 225-227.
- The sentiments of a young skateboarder visiting the United States with his mother.