This waiata was created out of a wordlist in my great-grandfather's (Teone Taare Tikao) book, Tikao Talks. It pays tribute to various goddesses: Hinearorak...

This song celebrates not only the first European to visit New Zealand, but also his direct descendant and namesake. The younger Abel Tasman flew to New Zeal...

A piece co-composed with expert Taonga Puoro practitioner Rob Thorne to explore three aspects of Matariki for ancient Māori: its agricultural significance, n...

Moments is made up of 14 frames, which are a visual guide to the exploration of sound and movement. The structures contained within the images can be freel...

Inspired by a painting of the holocaust by Felix Nussbaum. The instruments used are the same as in the painting. The solo violin represents the voice of the ...

In Silk Bridge, disparate materials form a kind of bond through filament-thin strands of musical activity. The title refers to the connective material with w...

This karakia implores atua to bring forth their gifts — a blessing and an acknowledgement.

This chant celebrates the reappearance of Matariki (Pleiades). It is a marker for the beginning of Māori New Year. It speaks of the need to look to our envir...

A roll call of our rivers and waterways. The chant ends with Kai Tahu's whakatauki, 'mo tatou, a, mo ka uri a muri ake nei', which translates as 'for us, and...

A traditional-style chant written by the late Sir Eruera Tirikatene. It tells of the spirit journey from our sacred mountain Aoraki, to the Pacific, the Chat...

This is a beautiful and immediately appealing setting of ‘May God Bless You and Keep You’. There is also the possibility of featuring a treble instrument sol...

Remixed by Pitch Black

This song is to remind us to breathe, to really breathe. To take in the beauty of life and see all the good things around. To energise ourselves so we have e...