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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 song, performed primarily in Māori, was a sleeper hit, first entering the New Zealand Singles Chart in Te Wiki o te Reo Māori in September 2021 and peaking at number 12 in November. "35", alongside New Zealand band Six60's song "Pepeha" (also released in 2021), are the best performing songs sung in Māori since Stan Walker's "Aotearoa ...
"Pepeha" is the band's second song to be recorded in Te Reo Māori, and was released as a single in 2021 to coincide with Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. The song was written by Six60 band members Marlon Gerbes and Matiu Walters, alongside Te Reo experts Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper (a member of the Black Quartet), Jeremy Tātere MacLeod and Sir Tīmoti ...
A music video directed by John Taft was made for the song. [3] An acoustic version of the song can be found on the charity album Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 2. In September 2019, Runga re-recorded the song for Waiata / Anthems, a collection of re-recorded New Zealand pop songs to promote te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori
Ko Kirimoko te māunga (my mountain is Kirimoko) Ko Waitati te awa (my river is the Waitati) Ko Tākitimu te waka (my ancestral canoe is the Tākitimu) Ko Kāi Tahu tōku iwi (my tribe is Kāi Tahu) Ko Kāti Huirapa tōku hapū (my sub-tribe is Kāti Huirapa) Nō Ōtepoti ahau (I am from Dunedin) Ko Tīpene tōku ingoa (My name is Tīpene/Stephen)
During this time period, very few songs sung in Māori had major success. In 2014, as a challenge to repeat the success of "Poi E", musicians Stan Walker, Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika released the song "Aotearoa" for te Wiki o te Reo Māori. [10] [11] The song reached number two on the New Zealand singles chart. [12]
A love ballad, the song's music video celebrates his marriage to his partner Lou Tyson. The song debuted at number 14 on the New Zealand Artist Singles chart and number 8 on the Hot Singles chart. By the end of 2021, it was the 5th most successful Te Reo Māori song of the year in New Zealand.
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 ]