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Interviews
25/03/2024
Te Whānau Puoro: Peaceful Protest In Song
As if Te Matau-a-Maui wasn't already punching well above its weight in the music and arts scene, Flaxmere College and Tamatea High School have just produced Tangata Beats-winning band Te Whānau Puoro. Jasper West catches ...
NewTracks New Artist
19/03/2024
NewTracks New Artist: Ra Charmian
Coming from a background of session music and cover gigs, husband-and-wife duo Rā Toia-Booth and Hayden Booth have turned towards performing their original material that come with a chilled-out reggae infusion, under the ...
Industry
14/03/2024
Industry: Songwriters 4 Climate Action
What better way to release some of the anxiety in these crazy times than through music? And as an artist, why not scream your message from the rooftops through songs exploring your worries and hopes for our future? Tāmaki ...
Interviews
13/02/2024
Shepherds Reign: Samoan Industrious Metal
Shepherds Reign are a Kiwi heavy metal band from the Polynesian stronghold suburbs of Tāmaki Makaurau. The band have reached a pivotal point in their career with the 2023 release of their sophomore album 'Ala Mai', which ...
Interviews
13/02/2024
Aja: Making Time For Aroha
Aja Wairere Ropata has had a long and rewarding live career, both as part of the group Aio and, since they disbanded, as solo artist Aja. Recent years have seen the Te Whanganui-a-Tara artist make her first foray into recording, ...
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News
01/08/2017
10th Waiata Māori Music Award Finalists
The Waiata Māori Music Awards are kicking off Te Marama Pūoru Waiata Māori (Māori Music Month) this August with the announcement of the 2017 awards finalists. Now in its 10th year, the Waiata Māori Music Awards celebrate ...
News
12/09/2016
2016 Waiata Maori Music Awards Winners
Kicking off this year's music awards season, last Friday Māori musicians celebrated the 2016 Waiata Māori Music Awards in Hastings. For the second time in three years Rob Ruha ruled the awards, taking home three trophies ...
News
27/07/2016
August 2016 Is Māori Music Month
From this year onwards, August will turn into Te Marama Pūoro Waiata Māori - Māori Music Month. The new celebration and awareness month was initiated by Ellison Huata, the executive director of the Waiata Māori ...
Classics & Clangers
07/06/2016
Māori Showbands To Receive Medals For War Effort
Māori showbands who entertained the troops during the Vietnam War will now be awarded two special medals through the New Zealand Defence Force, acknowledging their sacrifice and service during war effort. “It's of huge ...
News
02/03/2026
2026 Taite Music Prize Finalists Announced
Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) has announced the 10 finalists for the 2026 Taite Music Prize, along with news that the annual celebration of independent album-making excellence will a public presentation, rather than an industry-invited ...