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Interviews
22/01/2018
Ria Hall: Pride Over Prejudice
Shifting from the thrust of hip hop to lush soundscapes, spoken word to soulful waiata, Ria Hall’s debut album also moves across battle lines, languages and centuries. Including input from numerous contemporaries, the conceptual ...
Interviews
15/01/2018
Maaka Fiso: Soul Factor
It’s been a busy 2017 for Upper Hutt native Maaka Fiso. Named the best male solo artist at the 2016 Waiata Maori Music Awards he released two EPs, ‘Written In The Stars’ and ‘Moeke’, in June and July this year – ...
Interviews
20/09/2017
Q & A: Maisey Rika
The local awards season is now in full swing (two down, two to go) and it’s proving to be a BIG year for the ladies. The Waiata Māori Music Awards turned 10 in Hastings mid-September. The night’s big winner was Maisey ...
Interviews
28/08/2017
Theia: Walker, Roamer, Theia
Em-Haley Walker first started creating a buzz with her 2015 track Silver Second, released under her then-moniker Plum. By the time her Josh Fountain-produced single Roam was released in late 2016, she was recording and performing ...
Book Reviews
14/02/2017
Hirini Melbourne: Toiapiapi, 25th Anniversary Edition
The original release in 1991 of ‘Toiapiapi’ by Hirini Melbourne (1949-2003) was a profound and beautiful landmark on the soundscape of NZ music. A first of its kind with an exclusive use of te reo incorporating the then ...
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News
18/09/2017
Maisey Rika Shines At The 2017 Waiata Māori Music Awards
Last Friday, the 10th annual Waiata Māori Music Awards took place in Hastings. The biggest winner of the night was artist Maisey Rika, who cleaned up with four wins. Rika's awards included Best Traditional Maori Album ...
News
18/11/2016
2016 NZ Music Awards Results
Nelson's LA-based pop duo Broods were the big winners at the NZ Music Awards 2016 for their second album 'Conscious' and Free, the album's first single. Continuing what is an exceptional run, Broods won five Tuis – one ...
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
02/09/2016
2016 Silver Scroll Finalists
APRA has announced the five-song shortlist of 2016 Silver Scroll finalists. 2014 winner, Aucklander Tami Neilson, is back in the running with her song The First Man, co-written with her brother Jay Neilson – also ...
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 ...