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Waiata Māori Music Awards 2021

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Two SOUNZ composers win Waiata Māori Music Awards

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Toni Huata

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Brendan Smyth

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Dalvanius Prime

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Noma Sio-Faiumu

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SoundCheck Aotearoa

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Kia ora e te whānau, we have some news to share.Today organisations from across the Aotearoa music community are announcing the creation of a new action grou...

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Five Questions with Poulima Salima

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Māori Music Month

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Echoes of Erewhon

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History Jazz Aotearoa Staying in Tune: CMNZ at 60 Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of NZ Popular Music 1918-1964  Song of a Young Country The Oxford History of New ...

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He Reo Tawhito

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Dame Gillian Whitehead at 80

a music of our own

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Meet composer Te KuraHuia

Te KuraHuia

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Meet composer

Noel Woods

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Mina Ripia

Please tell us about yourself and what you do.I am of Ngā Puhi, Te Aupouri and Ngāti Kahungunu descent. Born and raised in a beautiful little northern coun...

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Artist Spotlight

Anna Coddington 

Te Marama puoro o Aotearoa is here (New Zealand Music month). This week SOUNZ shines the spotlight on Anna Coddington. Nina Lesperance from SOUNZ spoke with ...

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Artist Spotlight

Kaaterama

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He Pu, He Puoro, He Purakau

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Prince Tui Teka (Ngai Tuhoe) was a prolific musical entertainer and actor who started his career in the Māori Showbands era of the 1960s through to his succe...

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Kirsten Te Rito

Kirsten Te Rito,Kairuku Hōtaka Hanga Māori |  Co-ordinator of Māori Programs.

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Call of the Huia

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Dave Flynn

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Te Awanui Reeder on his Waiata 'Would Be You'

Te Awanui Reeder has released the single ‘Would Be You’ with an awesome animated music video to accompany it.  Nina Lesperance from SOUNZ caught up with the ...

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