Kaaterama

Kia whaikororia honore hareruia ki a Ihowa-o-nga-Mano Matua Tama Wairua Tapu Anahera Pono Mangai Ae

Ko Maunga Kohatu ko Horohoro nga maunga
Ko Mangakahia me Pokaitu nga awa
Ko Te Aroha me Kearoa nga marae
Ko Ngati Te Pono me Ngati Kea, Ngati Tuara te hapu
Ko Ngatokimatawhaurua me Te Arawa nga waka
Ko Ngapuhi me Te Arawa nga iwi

Ko Kaaterama tenei e mihi kau atu ana ki nga iwi o te motu whanui.

Solo artist Kaaterama Pou was born into a world of music through kapa haka and gospel himene whilst growing up in Te Haahi Rātana, Rātana Church. In 2017, she won the Waiata Maori Music Award for Best Emerging Artist and in 2019, was a finalist for the APRA Maioha Award. In November 2018, she released her debut EP entitled Kia Kaaterama - Shine Your Light, the first Māori-language youth-gospel EP to hit Aotearoa airwaves with charting success. Kaaterama went on to record and release Paiheretia in a live Te reo Maori gospel Visual Album released January 2020 alongside National Maori music icons such as Troy Kingi, Rob Ruha and Ria Hall.