REO MĀORI SONGHUBS 2020

TE TAUTĀWHINGA KAITITO PUORO KAITITO PŪORU SIR TĪMOTI KĀRETU

NGĀI TŪHOE, NGĀTI KAHUNGUNU NGĀTI PĀKEHĀ

Sir Tīmoti Kāretu has been a teacher and champion of te reo Māori for over 60 years. His Joel Little is a Grammy Award winning, Golden Globe nominated, multi-platinum positions have included Senior Lecturer and Professor at the University of Waikato, and certified , producer, and musician. Co-Founder / Executive Director of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo Māori - the Institute of Excellence in Māori Language. Hailing from , Little is best known for his work helping craft the sleek, minimalist art-pop songs of , , Khalid, , and . Sir Tīmoti was appointed as the inaugural Māori Language Commissioner in 1987 and worked at Te Kohanga Reo National Trust as Executive Director. An award-winning author of books about te reo, waiata and haka, Sir Tīmoti has been involved with kapa haka all his life as a performer, tutor, judge and songwriter. Most recently he’s translated contemporary songs into Māori and collaborated to write with the band Six60.

Sir Tīmoti was made a Knight Companion of the Order of New Zealand in 2017.

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JEREMY TĀTERE MACLEOD LEON TE HEKETŪ BLAKE

NGĀTI KAHUNGUNU, RANGITĀNE, NGĀTI RAUKAWA NGĀTI KAHUNGUNU, WAIKATO, TE WHĀNAU-A-APANUI, TE ARAWA, NGĀI TŪHOE, TARANAKI, NGĀTI POROU

Jeremy Tātere MacLeod was born and raised in Australia but moved home to Aotearoa in Leon Te Heketū Blake has been a teacher of te reo Māori at tertiary institutions and kura his teens to learn about his language, culture and whakapapa. reo around the country.

He is now a certified translator, and Director of Te Reo & Tikanga for Ngāti Kahungunu An educator and integral part of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Māori for 15 years, Te Heketū Iwi Incorporated and has recently completed his PhD examining the future of tribal is now working with Pānia Papa and Sir Tīmoti Kāretu to establish a new Masters dialects. programme with an additional focus on community language revitalisation planning.

A graduate of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Māori - the Institute of Excellence in Māori He has recently translated a Harry Potter book into Māori as part of the Kotahi Rau Language - he won the 2017 Supreme Individual Award at Te Taura Whiri Tohu Reo Māori Pukapuka initiative. for the implementation of Māori language initiatives and is involved in waiata composition and recordings. Te Heketū is a songwriter, composer and musician using waiata to support teaching Māori with his students.

MĀTANGA REO MĀTANGA REO TE KURU O TE MARAMA DEWES HANA MERERAIHA

NGĀTI POROU, NGĀTI RANGITIHI NGĀI TAHU, TAINUI, TE ARAWA, TARANAKI

Hana is a PhD student in sociolinguistics at The University of Canterbury as well as a Te Kuru has a Master of Arts with First Class Honours in Te Reo Māori and is a graduate graduate of Te Panekiretanga i te Reo. of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Māori.

She also speaks Spanish as a third language. He is currently a member of the Hikurangi kapa haka.

Hana is a freelance broadcaster for Māori Television. Te Kuru recently launched a Māori language web series focusing on Māori proverbs and has composed waiata for kapa haka and contemporary artists. She has translated waiata and supported artists singing in te reo Māori, including Melodownz and Stan Walker.

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RUTH SMITH SETH HAAPU

TE AITANGA A MAHAKI, NGĀTI KAHUNGUNU NGĀTI POROU, NGĀTI TŪWHARETOA

Ruth is a graduate of Victoria University and Te Panekiretanga i te Reo Māori. Seth Haapu is one of New Zealand’s most prolific , co-writing recent hits for Sons of Zion and collaborating with renowned artists such as Stan Walker and Parris She has been a lecturer of Toihoukura Māori Arts at the Eastern Institute of Technology, Goebel. as well as a kaiako reo at Te Awanuiārangi, and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Seth has also written and produced extensively for film and television with a growing Ruth has also worked as a reporter and presenter for Māori Television and is now a catalogue that exceeds 10 million streams on Spotify alone. freelance broadcaster. Seth has released an EP each year from 2016-18, with a song from each making the Top 20 She has performed with the Waihīrere kapa haka since she was 13 years old, and been a Finalists for Aotearoa's prestigious Silver Scroll Award. kapa haka composer since the age of 18. Last year’s single ‘New Wave’ saw him receive the Kaitito Waiata - Supreme Composer Award – at the Waiata Māori Music Awards.

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MĀTANGA REO KAITITO WAIATA MAISEY RIKA KINGS

NGĀTI AWA, TE ARAWA, NGĀI TUHOE, TE WHĀNAU-A-APANUI NGĀI TŪHOE, TE ARAWA

Maisey’s career has spanned more than 23 years. She’s traversed the globe sharing Kings burst onto the scene in 2016 with his debut single ‘Don’t Worry ‘Bout It’ which Māori culture and waiata with millions of people in countries as diverse as Hawaii, surpassed the record for longest running #1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, spending 33 Tahiti, Indonesia, China, Japan, America, Europe, England, Scotland, Australia and consecutive weeks at the top and took home ‘Highest Selling New Zealand Single’ and Taiwan. ‘Radio Airplay Record of the Year’ at the 2017 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.

Over the years Maisey has received numerous NZ Music Awards, Waiata Māori Music He followed the single up with his self-titled debut EP, taking home ‘Breakthrough Artist of Awards, as well as the APRA-AMCOS Maioha Award. The Year’ at the 2016 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, as well as ‘Best Pacific Male Her music has been featured in movies, television programmes and multiple series. Her Artist’, ‘Best Urban Artist’, ‘Best Producer’ at the Vodafone Pacific Music Awards. waiata ‘Tangaroa Whakamautai’ is heavily featured in the recently developed interactive game ’Beyond Blue’ by E-Line Media - launched on Playstation, XBox, PC and Apple In late 2017, Kings released his debut album ‘Chapter One’, which featured the hits ‘We’ll Arcade. Never Know’, ‘Domino’ and ‘In The Sun’. His second album ‘Two’ featured the singles 'You Do' and ‘Temporary Me’, which was a Top 20 finalist for the APRA Silver Scroll Award. Besides her accomplishments as a singer-songwriter she is a champion of rangatahi and fellow artists, working with them to achieve greatness in their mahi. LISTEN: ALIV3

WATCH: MATARIKI I TE PŌ

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TE WHITI WARBRICK RORY NOBLE

RANGITĀNE, TE ATIHAUNUI-A-PĀPĀRANGI WAIKATO-TAINUI, PARIHAKA

Since 2015 Whiti / SickDrumz has been instrumental in the creation of tracks for a huge Over the past two years Rory has produced, co-written and collaborated with numerous range of platinum selling artists including Rihanna, Demi Lovato, Tyga, Lil Wayne, Post local artists including Niko Walters, Church&AP, Mikey Dam, Six60, and Eleven7four. Malone, Ty Dolla $ign and Britney Spears.

His international collaborations include Kanye West, Tinashe, DJ Mustard and M-Phazes. Known for being the creative force behind Rihanna's mega-hit ‘Needed Me’, SickDrumz also co-produced eight of Ella Mai's first 12 releases with Mustard including "She Don't" ft. Ty In 2020, Rory launched his own artist project through Warner Music Group. Dolla $ign.

WATCH: TEAM SickDrumz has up-coming cuts with DJ Snake, Tyga, Anitta, Burna Boy, Mustard, Blackbear, Makonnen, Sheck Wes and more.

LISTEN: ENZO | DJ SNAKE, SHECK WES

KAIHAUTŪ PUORO KAIHAUTŪ PUORO LOUIS BAKER DIAZ GRIMM

NGĀ PUHI, NGĀTI TU NGĀ PUHI

With a musical palette that includes jazz, blues, soul and - Wellington singer, In 2015, Diaz Grimm released his debut album ‘Osiris' which saw him nominated for Best songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Louis Baker, has made his presence felt around the Urban/Hip-Hop Album at the New Zealand Music Awards that year. world.

The album topped the NZ iTunes hiphop charts, reached the official NZ Top 20 album charts In 2013, Louis was chosen out of 4,000 applicants to take one of only 60 places at the prestigious Red Bull Music Academy in New York. Afterwards, he spent the summer in and became the most upvoted self-posted album in the history of the Reddit/hiphopheads recording his self-titled EP with UK producer Andy Lovegrove, which featured the APRA Silver forum. Scroll nominated tracks ‘Rainbow’ and ‘Back On My Feet’. The EP reached #3 on the Official NZ Music Chart. Following the success of the album Diaz was invited to go on a ten show nationwide tour with local superstars Six60, and in 2016 he became the first self-managed, unsigned artist 2019 saw the release of his debut album ‘Open’ to critical acclaim. from New Zealand to ever be invited to play SXSW.

Baker has toured New Zealand, Australia, the UK and Europe playing at key international festivals including Field Days (London), Sonar Festival (Barcelona), Edinburgh Fringe Festival For the past two years, Grimm has been based in Toronto working on an album project that and Splendour In The Grass (Australia) - as well as Rhythm and Vines and Homegrown (New draws together themes of Māori, nature, imagination, technology and colonialism. Zealand). LISTEN: WWYD WATCH: THE PEOPLE

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STUSS THEIA

NGĀTI RONGOMAI WAIKATO, NGĀTI TĪPĀ, NGĀTI AMARU

Harking from Hamilton, multi-talented hip-hop producer Liam Conrad - Stuss - started out Described by Billboard magazine as ‘one of the most exciting pop voices to emerge from working with Raiza Biza, Blaze the Emperor, and the Stay collective. New Zealand in the past five years’, Theia’s breakout hit ‘Roam’ set the scene for the release of her debut EP and earned her three nominations at the 2017 NZ Music Awards. Known for his unique and textural beats, his releases include ‘Neck of the Woods’ and ‘I Her second EP ‘Not Your Princess’ was nominated for two awards at the 2019 Waiata Know You Better’ with rapper KVKA. Māori Music Awards.

Other collaborators include NXVA and Diaz Grimm. An accomplished performer, she’s opened for Sia, Charli XCX, Tones And I, and Portugal. The Man. Stuss releases his own instrumental tracks and works as a producer with BigPop Music. In November 2019, Theia released ‘Te Kaiwhakaora O Te Ao’, a hīmene for Christmas, and WATCH: I KNOW YOU BETTER | KVKA on September 14th she released ‘E Taku Huia Kaimanawa’, the first waiata from her reo Māori project, ‘Te Kaahu', named after her kui Rangirara.

LISTEN: E TAKU HUIA KAIMANAWA

KAIHAUTŪ PUORO KAITITO WAIATA REUBEN FLEETWOOD BRANDON HARU

NGĀTI HEI WAIKATO-TAINUI, TE RARAWA

An avid surfer, Reuben is a 20 year old singer and songwriter from Whangamata, with Most recently seen making Timbaland flip out over his beats on BeatClub, Brandon Haru whakapapa to Maori and Kiribati people. has produced, co-produced and performed with numerous NZ bands and artists including @peace, Ladi 6, Honzoh, Bailey Wiley, Kaaterama and CHAII. Hailing from a musical family of four 4 sisters and 3 brothers, he grew up playing the drums. A member of genre-defying band Valkyrie, he’s also worked closely with Ladi 6’s producer - Parks - over the past two years to co-produce her upcoming album, as well as to create a Music has been his lifelong passion and at the age of 15 Reuben decided to pick up the personal project - Honzoh. guitar and start singing. Instagram posts followed which drew attention to his talents and earlier this year he was signed to Sony NZ. LISTEN: GURU | LADI 6

He’s currently in development at Sony, working on an E.P that he can't wait to release.

LISTEN: INSIDE MY BRAIN

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SAM HĀMI TAYLOR VAYNE

NGĀTI INGARANGI, NGĀTI KŌTIMANA NGĀTI RAUKAWA, NGĀ PUHI, NGĀTI POROU

Sam has a long history of collaboration with singers and songwriters, both as a producer Vayne started out with a bang in 2018 when she released "waitwait!" & “YUCK" (which and a session musician. she self-produced) on Soundcloud. She was signed to NZ later that year.

One of his most recent collaborations - ’Out of My Province’ by Nadia Reid - has received Vayne has featured twice on Joe Kay's Soulection Radio in 2018. She performed at FOMO critical acclaim around the world, and one of the songs from that album - ‘Get the Devil 2020 alongside Brockhampton, Lizzo and A Boogie Wit a Hoodie, and was a support act Out’ - was a finalist for the 2020 APRA Silver Scroll Awards. for Six60’s sold out shows at Western Springs & Whangarei, performing for 50,000 people. He’s returning to the studio with Nadia this summer to record her fourth record. In 2020, Vayne released her debut EP ‘Gutta Girl’ - which she worked on with In addition, Sam is conducting research towards a Masters degree at AUT which includes Montell2099, LMC, Saya and Church Leon (who features in "Make it”). a research project focused on the use of Te Reo Māori in the recording studio. The creative result of this research will be an E.P. recorded from start to finish in Te Reo - She is about to announce her first NZ tour. with the songs, as well as all interactions during the process, conducted in Te Reo Māori. WATCH: WAITWAIT! LISTEN: BEST THING | NADIA REID

KAIHAUTŪ PUORO KAITITO WAIATA MATIU WALTERS

TE RARAWA, TE AUPŌURI, NGĀ PUHI NGĀTI KAHUNGUNU, RONGOMAIWAHINE

Matiu is the front man of the platinum selling, multiple award-winning band Six60. Since the release of her first single ‘Drive’ in 1996 – a top ten hit when she was just twenty – Bic has been awarded almost every musical honour in New Zealand, including the prestigious APRA Silver Scroll songwriting award. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2011, entering the Official New Zealand Chart at #1 - and was certified gold within its first week of release. Bic has won the most Tui Awards (New Zealand Music Awards) by any individual (20) including best female vocalist and best producer. Their second album has been in the top 40 for six straight years. Her debut album ‘Drive’ was certified seven times platinum and featured the enormous In 2019, Six60 became the first New Zealand band to play a sold-out concert at Western hit ‘Sway’. The 2002 follow-up - ‘’ - was certified an incredible eleven Springs Stadium, to a crowd of 50,000 fans - a feat which they repeated in February 2020. times platinum and featured the hits ‘Get Some Sleep’, ‘Something Good’ and 'Listening For The Weather’. Their ongoing live series - Six60 Saturdays - which features an all-Aotearoa lineup, sold In 2016 she was the recipient of the Legacy Award at the New Zealand Music Awards more than 130,000 tickets in 2020 and is set to return in 2021. and inducted into New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.

WATCH: CLOSE YOUR EYES LISTEN: KIA MAU KI TŌ ŪKAIPŌ

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HINEWEHI MOHI TE RAWHITIROA BOSCH

NGĀTI KAHUNGUNU, NGĀI TŪHOE NGĀ PUHI, NGĀTI KAHU, NGĀTI PĀKEHĀ

Recently appointed as APRA’s Pītau Whakarewa / Maori Membership Growth and Born and raised in Aotearoa New Zealand and fluent in te reo Māori, Te Rawhitiroa Development Leader - Hinewehi’s creative career began in the television industry, and enjoys engaging the power of storytelling by capturing not only the subject, but also the she’s still involved with producing Māori content more than 30 years later. deeper story.

Hinewehi has released three albums. Her first, ‘Oceania’, was the first contemporary Māori language album to be released internationally. Most recently she co-produced His work centres around reclaiming Māori narratives and telling Māori stories with a Waiata Anthems, which debuted at #1 on the official NZ Music Charts. Māori world view – to highlight the beauty and power of the Māori world.

A champion of language revitalisation and te reo Māori, she sang the New Zealand He’s worked across a wide range of situations - from marae to music festivals; weddings national anthem in te reo Māori at a Rugby World Cup match in 1999 - paving the way to corporate events; theatre shows to family gatherings, and portraits. for the anthem to be sung in both te reo Māori and English at important events.

VIEW: RAWHITIROA PHOTOGRAPHY In 2004 she established the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre and she continues advocate for the healing and regenerative benefits of music.

In 2008 Hinewehi was named a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to Māori, and in 2013 she was a semi-finalist for New Zealander of the Year.

WATCH: KOTAHITANGA PĪTAU WHAKAREWA | APRA AMCOS KAIWHAKAAHUA VICTORIA KELLY GRACE LEOTA

NGĀTI PĀKEHĀ, NGĀTI TENEMĀKA (FAROE ISLANDS) NGĀTI POROU, RONGOWHAKAATA

Currently the Director of NZ Member Services at APRA, Victoria has enjoyed a long career as a composer, producer and performer of music. Grace Leota is currently studying at Auckland University of Technology towards a degree in Communications with a double major in journalism and public relations. An award-winning film composer, she’s worked with Sir Peter Jackson (The Lovely Bones), Robert Sarkies (Out of the Blue) and Jonathan King (Black Sheep) among others. Grace hails from strong lineage of successful women in Aotearoa’s music industry - her grandmother (Lorraine Owen) worked at Polygram records and then for Universal Music As a classical composer, her work has been commissioned and performed by the NZSO, before taking up the role of Operations and Events Manager for the Music Managers Forum NZTrio, Voices NZ, the NZ String Quartet and Michael Houstoun. In 2011 she was the (NZ). Music Director of the Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony at Eden Park.

Victoria began her pop music career as the lead singer of Strawpeople in 1995 and has Her mother, Sarah Leota is the Music Awards Manager for Recorded Music NZ. since collaborated and performed with a huge range of artists including Moana Maniapoto, Shapeshifter, SJD, Don McGlashan, Anika Moa and Finn Andrews – recently Grace is hoping to follow in their footsteps. arranging, orchestrating and conducting the instrumental arrangements for Neil Finn’s 2017 solo album ‘Out of Silence’.

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