Career
He was born in Porirua, New Zealand. Perenara scored a hat-trick of tries on his Super Rugby debut in a 46–19 victory against the Western Force in Perth on 10 March. He was selected for the All Blacks squad for the 2013 The Rugby Championship.
He was named in New Zealand"s ultimately victorious 2015 Rugby World Cup squad.
His father Thomas played for the Junior Kiwis in 1987 and in the New Zealand Softball Team (Black Sox) from 1987 to 1996. Perenara"s paternal grandmother was born in Broken Hill, Australia.
He is also distantly related to Sonny Bill Williams.