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The inaugural number one single was "Tua" by Stan Walker, a Te Reo Māori version of his song "Bigger" performed with his niece Ibanez Maeva. [1] Dunedin band Six60 released "Pepeha" to coincide with Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2021, created alongside Hinewehi Mohi, who worked with the band in 2019 to create "Kia Mau Ki Tō Ūkaipō", a Te Reo version of their single "Don't Forget Your Roots" for ...
The album was recorded over 10 weeks in 2019 and released to coincide with te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week). [2] [4] The album artwork was by Kauri Hawkins and represents the 'manu' or songbird and how music can be used to tell stories and to share Te Reo Māori. The manu figure can be seen as a face and has references to te reo ...
Supported by the most extensive touring by the band to date, with Te Kupu fronting the band on electric guitar and MC Wiya on bass (a significant revamp), performing with a fluid lineup of live musicians. In November 2018 Upper Hutt Posse were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame | Te Whare Taonga Puoro o Aotearoa.
Te Ao Mārama translates to "world of light" in Māori, which is both a reference to the title of Solar Power, and "mai te pō ki te ao mārama", which is a Māori phrase as part of the creation narrative that symbolises the transformation from night to enlightened world. [1] [2] Tīmoti Kāretu (pictured) helped in the creation of Te Ao Mārama.
There was a tōtara tree called Te Whare-o-hua-raratahi on the Pā-kōkō stream near Te Wharauroa which Te Pūhara, son of Tū-irirangi and his uncle Pai-ariki wished to cut down. At first Tonga-nui prevented this, but later they succeeded in chopping it down, so Tonga-nui pursued them, capturing and killing Te Pūhara at Te Kawaroa.
Te Arohanui is the sixth studio album by New Zealand recording artist Stan Walker. It is Walker's first in te reo Māori and released on 17 September 2021 by Sony Music New Zealand and features a combination of Walker's greatest hits re-recorded in te reo Māori and several new tracks. [ 4 ]
Te Reo, a second channel from Māori Television, was launched on 28 March 2008. [9] In contrast with the main channel, it is ad-free and completely in the Māori language (without subtitles). Te Reo features special tribal programming with a particular focus on new programming for the fluent members of its audience.
Born at Kaiwhaiki marae on the Whanganui River, [1] Simon was of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Apa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa descent. [2] He was educated at Upokongaro School and Hato Paora College, and studied sociology and philosophy at Holy Name Seminary in Christchurch, and Māori language and oral literature at Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University.