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Ese Aumalesulu is a Samoan-born kiwi who owns & manages a recording studio called TeJit Records, as well as a member of The Four Fathers, a band made up of low-vision musicians.

Ese talks to us about his journey as a vision-impaired tagata sa’ilimālō (pacific disabled person), starting from his village in Samoa to his life in Aotearoa, including all the bells and whistles that he encountered, discovered & overcame along the way.

Mōteatea is a centuries-old tradition of chanted song-poetry; a great literary and musical art form that expresses the powerful portrayal of storytelling and is reflective of the emotional depths of a Māori world view. Its vast richness is yet to be fully understood. 

In these eleven episodes, over three series, hosted by Crystal Edwards, we hold conversations with some of the world’s leading experts on mōteatea and ask them: What does mōteatea mean to you? Traditionally, why were they composed and how have they change? Who are some key composers or mōteatea and how have they influenced your music?

Mōteatea is a centuries-old tradition of chanted song-poetry; a great literary and musical art form that expresses the powerful portrayal of storytelling and is reflective of the emotional depths of a Māori world view. Its vast richness is yet to be fully understood. 

In these eleven episodes, over three series, hosted by Crystal Edwards, we hold conversations with some of the world’s leading experts on mōteatea and ask them: What does mōteatea mean to you? Traditionally, why were they composed, and how have they changed? Who are some key composers of mōteatea and how have they influenced your music?

Mōteatea is a centuries-old tradition of chanted song-poetry; a great literary and musical art form that expresses the powerful portrayal of storytelling and is reflective of the emotional depths of a Māori world view. Its vast richness is yet to be fully understood. 

In these eleven episodes, over three series, hosted by Crystal Edwards, we hold conversations with some of the world’s leading experts on mōteatea and ask them: What does mōteatea mean to you? Traditionally, why were they composed, and how have they changed? Who are some key composers of mōteatea and how have they influenced your music?

Join host Crystal Edwards (aka Kiino Krystal) and our three special guests — Tina Cross, Taisha Tari and Ainslie Allen — as they share their inspiring journeys and experiences throughout their music careers as versatile artists in the Aotearoa music industry

Join host Crystal Edwards (aka Kiino Krystal) and our three special guests — Tina Cross, Taisha Tari and Ainslie Allen — as they share their inspiring journeys and experiences throughout their music careers as versatile artists in the Aotearoa music industry

Join host Crystal Edwards (aka Kiino Krystal) and our three special guests — Pere Wihongi (aka Pai Pere), Mistee K and Tīpene Harmer — as they share their inspiring journeys and experiences throughout their music careers as independent artists in the Aotearoa music industry.

Join host Crystal Edwards (aka Kiino Krystal) and our three special guests — Pere Wihongi (aka Pai Pere), Mistee K and Tīpene Harmer — as they share their inspiring journeys and experiences throughout their music careers as independent artists in the Aotearoa music industry.

Join host Toni Huata and three guests — Maisey Rika, Jerome Kavanagh, and Ngahiwi Apanui — as they explore the influence that Māori boarding schools had on their chosen music careers, education and international touring experiences.

We have a long history of silencing women’s voices in Western music, and while society has taken steps towards gender equality, it is important that we keep the conversation about gender going.

‘Rodger Fox has been a central figure in the New Zealand jazz community for decades. From his early career in the rock band, Quincy Conserve to appearances at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and through his life’s work in jazz education, Rodger has broken new ground and connected local musicians to the global stage. Nick Tipping talks to Rodger about a life lived in jazz.