This year’s finalists include Makayla, Huia, and Paige for Best Māori Female Solo Artist and Shane Walker, Haami, and Kings ...

The 17th National Waiata Māori Music Awards celebration of Aotearoa - New Zealand's leading Māori music artists, performers, and songwriters.

Aotearoa artist Maako has just released her debut single “Who & Why” a waiata exploring colonisation, identity, and ...

Who is entitled to sing in a language that is not their own? That was the question from some fans after New Zealand pop artist Lorde released a mini-album of five of her songs translated in te reo ...

Marlon Williams began his set at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne by prancing back and forth in the darkness singing ‘E Mawehe Ana Au’ unaccompanied. It was the first of three waiata (songs in Māori ...

“Waiata/Anthems,” Lorde’s “Te Ao Marama” EP and a host of other projects are aimed at revitalizing the Indigenous language of New Zealand via music. By Brian Ng In August, Lorde released her third ...

Play It Strange is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Waiata Māori Songwriting Competition for high school students in Year 9-13. This year’s competition attracted entries from all over the ...

That reclamation, she says, is happening now. Today, the anthem is sung in two parts — first in te reo Maori, and then in English. Meanwhile, Mohi has continued to uplift the language throughout her ...