Pua Magasiva

Pua Magasiva (10 August 1980 – 11 May 2019) was a Samoan-born New Zealand actor, best known for his roles as Shane Clarke, the Red Ranger from Power Rangers Ninja Storm, and Vinnie Kruse in the soap opera Shortland Street, both co-starring with Sally Martin. He was also one of the co-hosts of radio station Flava.

Biography Magasiva was born in Apia, Samoa, but raised in Wellington, New Zealand, since he was two years old.

He was a co-presenter on the Flava morning radio show from 2015 to 2018. He resigned from the station after a third drunk-driving charge. He left Shortland Street that same year.

Domestic assault conviction and suicide On 18 December 2019, a name suppression order was lifted, revealing that Magasiva had been convicted of domestic assault against his wife in April, 15 days before his death. He was sentenced to 70 hours of community work and six months of supervision. According to his widow, during a tell-all photoshoot after his death, Magasiva had engaged in a regular pattern of abuse, concussed her three times, and threatened to harm her, himself, or their daughter, if she went to the police. She claimed to have later found a diary belonging to him showing "pages... full of haunting images, tortured thoughts and self-loathing" and admitting that he had always been violent and angry. On 11 May 2019, Magasiva died of a suspected suicide in a hotel room in Wellington. His widow stated that he attacked her in a drunken rage the night he died.

Filmography

Film

Television