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Reuben Rameka

Iwi: Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kurī , Ngāti Tarawhai, Te Ārawa, Tuhourangi

Hapū: Ngaituteauru, Ngāre Hauata, Ngāti Hinemihi, Ngāti Kawa, Ngāti Korokoro, Ngā...

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Te Tiki Aroha Richard Puanaki

Ngāti Kahungunu

The photo above was taken with his tupuna whare (ancestral house) named Pourangahua.

Richard Puanaki was a Māori composer who taught i...

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Te Kahureremoa Taumata

Ko Ngai Te Upokoiri, Ngāti Hinemanu, Ngāti Manunui ōku hapu
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu, Ko Ngāti Tuwharetoa ōku iwi
Ko Te Kahureremoa Tiopira Taumata tōku ingo...

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Ranea Aperahama

Ngāti Tūwharetoa; Muriwhenua; Mōrehu

Hailing from Rātana Pā, Ranea is a passionate performer who is adept on a variety of musical instruments including tr...

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Mina Ripia

Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Kahungunu

Mina Ripia is based in Titahi Bay, Porirua and was one of the original Moa Hunters. She is the key composer for acapella group...

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Awerangi Thompson

Ngati Porou, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngā Tahu.

Whitireia School of Music graduate Awerangi...

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David Grace

Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga

Born in Whanganui, David comes from a musical family (his father Hugh Grace Snr is also a very...

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Paraone Gloyne

Ngāti Raukawa ki Wharepūhunga, Ngāti Maniapoto

Paraone Gloyne is a prominent composer, orator and performing artist. Paraone, a graduate of Te Panekireta...

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Ngatapa Black

Ngai Tūhoe, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Ngatapa Black is a fluent speaker of Māori and a bilingual singer-songwriter who has been composing, reco...

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Bella Kalolo

Ngāti Porou, Samoan, Tongan

Bella is bold, dedicated, and renowned for her dynamic and vibrant performances, whether recorded or live. Her soulful style i...

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Mere Boynton

Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Ngāti Oneone, Ngāi Tūhoe

Mere Tokorahi Boynton is a singer and actor, well known for her role as Mavis in the internationally acclaim...

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Te Hamua Nikora

Ngāti Oneone
Ngāti Konohi
Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti
Ngāti Porou
Te Whakatōhea

_Ko Hikurangi te maunga, ko Waiapu te awa, ko Ngāti Porou ...

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Adam Whauwhau

Ko Maungatautari te maunga Ko Waikato te awa Ko Tainui te waka Ko Ngāti Hauā me Ngāti Koroki ngā iwi Ko Te Rangitaupi te hapū Ko Tauwhare te marae Ko W...

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Deborah Wai Kapohe

Te Ātihaunui - ā - Papārangi

Worldwide, few professional opera singers can claim so diverse a repertoire of talents as Deborah Wai Kapohe, M.Mus(Distincti...

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Whirimako Black

Ngai Tuhoe, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngati Ranginui, Kahungunu, Te Whakatohea, Te Whanau-a-Apanui, Te Arawa, and Ngati Awa

A veteran of eight solo albums, Whirim...

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Maaka Fiso

Ngāti Kahungunu

Maaka Fiso's participation as a top 12 contestant on the reality TV show The X Factor New Zealand turned him into a household name as he...

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Anna Coddington

Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa

Anna Coddington is known for her powerful live performances, and as a prolific, unique songwriter who has had multiple nominati...

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Tyna Keelan

Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ngāti Kahu, Te Aupōuri

Tyna Keelan is a musician, vocalist and composer. He grew up in Porirua, ne...

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Bic Runga

Nō Ngāti Kahungunu me Rongomawahine ngā iwi.

Since the release of her first single Drive in 1996 (a top ten hit when she was just twenty), Bic has been ...

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Stan Walker

Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Tūhoe

Walker made his Australian Idol debut in the audition round of the seventh season, where he performed a versio...

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Nikau Wi Neera

Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāpuhi, Kai Tahu

Nikau Wi Neera is an award-winning composer based in Wellington, New Zealand. His music is daring ...

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Troy Kingi

Troy (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) is an actor and an multi-award-winning, multi-genre musician originally from Rotorua and Te Kaha. A small-tow...

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Maisey Rika

Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe, Te Arawa and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui

Maisey Rika’s Biography Last Updated: 2/09/2022, 11:10 am Discipline: Music Awards: Arts Foundat...

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Te KuraHuia

TE KURAHUIA

Ko Faith Oriwia Henare-Stewart tōku ingoa. He uri ahau nō ngā iwi o Ngāi tara, o Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Puhi, Ngāi Te Rangi, o Ngāti Kuia, me Ngā...

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Seth Haapu

Te Atihaunui-ā-Pāpārangi, Tahitian

Seth Haapu is a modern-classic image of South Pacific identity who writes, produces, and sings. Yet, he has hardly purs...