Zion starring Stan Walker, and the Pātea Māori Club documentary Poi E: The Story of a Song (2016).
[3] As a teenager, he spent two years as a part of a theatre troupe run by actor Jim Moriarty.
[1] Moving to his grandmother's house in Pukekohe, Kahi studied history and Māori at the University of Auckland.
[1][3] From 1999 to 2002, Kahi acted in minor roles on television shows including Shortland Street, Mataku and Aroha – Irikura,[1] and in the Don Selwyn film The Maori Merchant of Venice (2002).
[1][5] Kahi debuted as a television director in 2016, with the release of the Whakaata Māori historical drama series Kairākau (2016).