Friday, July 15, 2016

Celebrating Digital Maori Music

Last week, rangatahi led the way and made a fully te reo Maori song #1 in Aotearoa. 

Maimoatia by Pukana and Whanau swept the online charts, pretty much catching mainstream music listeners by surprise. 


Not Maori though.  We are singing waiata more and more and with the recent release of the Poi E movie, it was an awesome reminder that our passion, our talent and our music matters too.

What I love about this waiata is that it celebrates our language, is really catchy and invokes that spirit dudes like me felt when we first heard You Will Know by Black Men United back in the 90's. 

Another cool korero is one of the singers is Puawai Taiapa, from the hilarious Facebook page 'Hey Puawai'. Her kapa haka commentary is on point!

You can check Maimoatia here:

And Hey Puawai can be found here:

It was such a wonderful finish to Te Wiki o te reo Maori 2016.  

Akina te reo Maori!

Credits:  Maimoatia (feat. Nathaniel Howe, Makaira Berry, Raniera Blake, Puawai Taiapa, Pere Wihongi, Awatea Wihongi, Hoeata Maxwell-Blake, Tawaroa Kawana, Meto Tagivale Schmidt-Peke, Katerama Pou, Te Awhina Kaiwai-Winikau, Mereana Teka)

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