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Haami

Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Rongomaiwāhine, Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Te Aitanga a Māhaki and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Whakakī

Hailing from the East Coast of New Z...

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GiGi Crayford

Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa Ngāti Tūwharetoa Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga

GiGi Crayford, a mokopuna of the "Crayford Jazz Dynasty" is a multi dimensional ...

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Marc Paetahi 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

Marc ...

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Philip Norman

Composer, conductor, author, speaker, educator and publisher Philip Norman has been presenting work to New Zealand audiences for forty-five years. His output...

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Sharn Te Pou

Māori, Hapanihi

Sharn Te Pou is a versatile composer, singer, dancer, model, Les Mills instrutor, skateboarder and stunt person.

Sharn has been dancing...

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Lucy Johnson

Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa

The newest breakout R&B Fusion singer/songwriter 'WHERO' (from Kirikiriroa) is well known for her strong, soulf...

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Tom Knowles

Rongowhakaata

Tom Knowles comes from a family of talented musicians and growing up, participated in all of the local operatic society shows as well as num...

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Erima Maewa Kaihau

Born Louisa Flavell at Whangaroa, Erima Maewa Kaihau's father was French, and her mother was a descendant of Nga Pui chief Hone Hika. She married Maori polit...

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Tamati Waaka

Te Whānau a Apanui, Tūhoe

Tamati Waaka hails from Te Moana a Toi (Bay of Plenty), a region that is deeply ingrained in his identity as his tūrangawaewae. ...

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Dr Turuhira Hare

Tūhoe, Te Arawa

Turuhira Hare was born in Te Tapatahi in the valley of Ruātoki, and is a highly respected leader in her community. Renowned for her contri...

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John Psathas

Ioannis (John) Psathas was born in Wellington New Zealand July 3rd, 1966. His father (Emmanuel Psathas, from Nea Michaniona) and mother (Anastasia Psathas, f...

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Ben Hoadley

Ben Hoadley holds degrees in bassoon performance from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the New England Conservatory in Boston. He received a Master of ...

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David Hamilton

David Hamilton studied at Auckland University (1974-1979), gaining Master of Music (1st class honours), and was Head of Music at Epsom Girls Grammar School, ...

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Louise Webster

Louise Webster has a dual career in music and medicine, working as a child psychiatrist and paediatrician at Starship Children’s Hospital and the School of M...

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Craig Utting

Craig Utting was born in Wellington, where he attended Onslow and Tawa Colleges. At Auckland University, he studied Composition with Douglas Mews, John Rimme...

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LISSY

Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Atiawa, Ngāi Tūhoe and Kai Tahu. Also Irish, German and Spanish descent.

Larissa Huata-Lucas aka '...

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Michael F. Williams

Michael F. Williams is a well-known figure in New Zealand composition. He has received commissions from most of the country's major musical institutions incl...

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Janet Jennings

Janet completed her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music (Performance) at the University of Auckland majoring in harpsichord and organ performance. She was...

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Kenneth Young

Kenneth Young is one of New Zealand’s most well-known and performed composers with a professional career which has expanded over the past 40 years. Numerous ...

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Leonie Holmes

Leonie Holmes is an Auckland based composer, writing for orchestra, chamber, choral, vocal and solo instrument. Recent works have been commissioned and/or pe...

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Jenny McLeod

Born in Wellington in 1941, Jenny McLeod grew up in Timaru and Levin. Throughout her childhood and adolescence she was always involved in music, as school pi...