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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...

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Adrian Tangaroa Wagner

Te Whānau ā Apanui, Te Ātiawa, Te Ati Haunui ā Pāpārangi (Whanganui), Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāti Apa, Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko O Te Ika, Ngāti Kahungunu

Adria...

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Robert Wiremu

Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tuwharetoa

As an occasional composer, Robert has been relatively prolific in output. A student of the late Jack Body, ...

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Takerei Komene

Ngāpuhi

Takerei Komene (They/Them) is a composer, singer, instrumentalist, actor and conductor from Auckland. They are currently completing a Bachelor of ...

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Tama Waipara

Ngāti Ruapani, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou

Opotiki-raised Tama Waipara was studying performance clarinet at New York’s Manhattan School of Music when a fre...

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Matiu Te Huki

Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Rangitane, Italian, Scottish, Irish, English.

Matiu "The Hook" Te Huki is known for his amazing vocal skills and energy and for his...

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Ruby Solly

Kai Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha

Ruby Solly is a Kai Tahu musician, taonga puoro practitioner, music therapist and writer living in Wellington. She has playe...

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Maree Sheehan

Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Maree Sheehan made her mark as a singer/songwriter in the 1990s, and a number of her singles reached the Kiwi t...

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Te Awanui Reeder

Ngāti Raukawa, Ngai Te Rangi, Ngai Pōtiki and Ngāti Whakaue)

Te Awanui Reeder, also known as Awa, is an award winning composer, performer, musician and ra...

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Tina Cross

Te Aupouri, Ngāti Porou

Tina Cross ONZM has been part of NZ pop culture history since she took Nothing But Dreams to the winners’ podium at the Pacific ...

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Mihirangi

Ngāti Whātua

Mihirangi Fleming is a solo artist of contemporary originals and soulful dance world roots with a rare performance style. Creating her own ba...

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Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper

Mahuia holds a Masters of Music in violin performance, and after finishing his studies in Sydney he came home to set up shop as a composer/producer. He curre...

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Aja Wairere Ropata

Ngāti Raukawa, Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Porou.

Grounded and powerful musician Aja is spirited by the everlasting, the ele...

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Francis Kora

Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pūkeko

Originally hailing from Whakatane, four musical brothers from the Kora family—Laughton, Francis, Stuart and Brad—began playing to...

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Reti Hedley

Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Reti was mentored by his late mother Rangiiria Hedley. Rangiiria was a renowned taonga pūoro artist and lecturer at the university of Wai...

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Eugene Temara

Ngāi Tūhoe, Raukawa ki Wharepuhunga, Waikato, Te Arawa.

As an original founding member with Origin Roots Aotearoa, Eugene Temara leads as front man and si...

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Ariana Henare

Ngāti Porou

Best known for her acoustic vibes, Ariana has a soulful voice and graceful stage presence. Having moved from Gisborne to Hawkes Bay, Ariana is...

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Samuel Gaskin

Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Yoruba (Nigeria)

Creator & Change Agent , Samuel Gaskin has always been one to stand out in a crowd. Not only is he an accomplished ...

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Te Reotakiwa Dunn

Hokianga, Ngāti Tuwharetoa

"Music in the home and in our everyday space impacted and influenced my life."

Kapa haka helped Reo to realize his strength...

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Warren Maxwell

Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngai Te Rangi, Ngai Te Riu, Ngati Whare, Ngati Rakaipaaka, Ngai Te Rangi.

Warren Maxwell has been a professional working musi...

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James Webster

Tainui, Te Arawa

James Webster is of Tainui and Te Arawa (Māori) and European descent and is well known as a talented Māori arts practitioner, working wit...

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Rob Ruha

'Ko Rob Ruha tētahi o ngā tino kai-waiata, kaitito waiata hoki tēnei whakareanga Māori. He tamaiti nā te ao kapa haka i whāngai ki te waiata me te Māoritanga...

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Ria Hall

Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Te Whānau ā Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Waikato

Born and raised in Maungatapu, Tauranga, fell into music at a ...

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Taisha Tari

Nō Ngāpuhi the iwi.

Taisha has had an enormously successful musical career on both sides of the Pacific. Although now residing in Australia, many of Taish...

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Huia Hamon

Ngāti Porou, Te-Aitanga-A-Mahaki, Ngāti Kahungunu, Uawa, Hauiti

Huia is a bilingual performer from Aotearoa NZ. With electronic beats, organic percussion,...

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Melanie Huata-Lucas

Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngai Tūhoe and Kai Tahu. Also Spanish, Irish and German descent.

MISTEE K, is a New Zealand underground R&B, Hip h...