[1] Te Maioha was born in Auckland on 1 February 1970, and was raised in Hastings in the Hawke's Bay Region of the North Island of New Zealand.

"[1] Antonio Te Maioha started his career as a street performer before gaining a place at the Toi Whakaari Drama School in 1992.

[2] He went on to work with a Māori theatre project run by actor Jim Moriarty and was in the cast of Waiora, touring New Zealand, Hawaii and Britain.

Antonio Te Maioha is married and lives in the town of Raglan on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island.

[7] He has also publicly discussed his personal involvement and Raglan's leadership in recycling, citing the accomplishments of a local organization called Xtreme Waste.