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Meet Tararua

Art Music Quartet

Tararua is an art music quartet based in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Members are Al Fraser (taonga puoro), Ariana Tikao (taonga puoro & vocals), Ru...

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He Reo Tawhito

Season 2, Episode 2: A conversation with Dr Hana O’Regan

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...

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Kirsten Te Rito

on her new music video for ‘Te Kaitiaki (Tangaroa e)’

Kirsten Te Rito's new music video for ‘Te Kaitiaki (Tangaroa e)’ was released in May 2021. The music video shows the narrative of Te Kaitiaki, the illustrati...

Podcast

He Reo Tawhito

Season 1, Episode 2: A conversation with Dr Ruakere Hond

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...

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Salina Fisher and Jerome Kavanagh

on Papatūānuku

SOUNZ caught up with Salina Fisher and Jerome Kavanagh, co-creators of Papatūānuku, a work for taonga pūoro and orchestra premiered in August 2023 by Jerome ...

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Reti Hedley from indigenous soul group IA

on the release of their waiata 'Kōkōrangi'

Reti Hedley from indigenous soul group IA have released their waiata 'Kōkōrangi.' The waiata is accompanied by a music video that celebrates Pacific Voyaging...

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Meet composer

Mistee K

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Mistee K

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Amba Holly | Waiata Māori Music Award winner

SOUNZ recently had the pleasure of interviewing Amba Holly, winner at the 2019 Waiata Maori Music Awards.Amba talks about her future plans, what winning the ...

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Meet Kennedy Kioa Toi Faimanifo

Kennedy Kioa Toi Faimanifo is a digital creative from Takaanini, South Auckland. SOUNZ engaged Kenedy and his team at Manatao Productions to create two pacif...

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Meet composer

Ruby Solly

 Please tell us about yourself and what you do.Kia ora! I'm Ruby Solly, or you might have seen my name as Ruby Mae Hinepunui Solly which is my full name. Som...