Other emerging artists recognised at the event in Hastings included Rotorua Boys’ High School band Kotahi Te Rā, who won the under-25 category. The five-piece previously won the Smokefree Tangata ...

“It was in the night, that the Gods sang the world into existence. From the world of light, into the world of music,” said Ngai Tahu tribal leader Matiaha Tiramorehu in 1849, as he relayed the Maori ...

THE KING AND THE CHIEF: Zach Stark and Ratima Hauraki, famous as Wairoa-based duo Rugged and Wylde, were among finalists in the best Maori urban album in last year’s Waiata Maori Music Awards with ...

For many of us, New Year’s has receded into hazy memories of emptied champagne bottles and long-lapsed resolutions. But for performer and Maori culture expert Ataahua Papa, the holiday looms brightly ...

MAORI MUSIC: Musician Rob Ruha shares indigenous consciousness through te reo Maori and music. He was a keynote speaker at the Pae Tawhiti - Beyond the horizon: Maori education leadership conference ...

Until some 40 years ago, traditional Maori music was thought to be all but lost. Then Brian Flintoff, along with a band of other enthusiasts, began a revival of Maori flute and instrument making and ...

A week ago “Maimoatia” bumped Justin Timberlake off the top of the New Zealand iTunes chart. But 30 years ago another Maori tune, “Poi E,” was the first ever song in Te Reo to become a New Zealand ...

Maori, the Indigenous language of New Zealand, is on the cusp of extinction—and musicians in the country are trying to save it. Translating well-known songs into te reo Maori (“te reo” meaning “the ...

Judith Tizard says New Zealand music today owes much to the talent and innovation of Maori Music icons honoured at the launch of the inaugural Maori Music Awards held in Palmerston North. The Maori ...

“Waiata/Anthems,” Lorde’s “Te Ao Marama” EP and a host of other projects are aimed at revitalizing the Indigenous language of New Zealand via music. By Brian Ng In August, Lorde released her third ...