Forest & Bird, with award-winning musicians Delaney Davidson and Troy Kingi, have today released Kārearea, the first track in the new musical series Waiata Manu – honouring New Zealand's Bird of the ...

Winners of the sixth national choral composition competition, Compose Aotearoa, have just been announced with the number of entries in the Waiata Category doubling since last year. Wellington medical ...

This article was in made in support of New Zealand Music Month. You can find out more now at nzmusicmonth.co.nz. Now just over halfway through its very first season, the behind-the-scenes show follows ...

Former Katchafire member Hani Totorewa says his new waiata Kōkiri “is for those who fought for the Māori language to be recognised”. Photo: Supplied / Supplied A new video for a waiata by former ...

Waiata Anthems Week (September 6-12) is a week dedicated to waiata reo Māori, where more than a dozen New Zealand artists have re-recorded their tracks in te reo Māori. Video / Supplied To celebrate ...

Former Katchafire member Hani Totorewa says his new waiata Kōkiri “is for those who fought for the Māori language to be recognised”.Supplied / Supplied Former Katchafire member Hāni Totorewa has ...

The 2025 Waiata Māori Music Awards honoured a new wave of Māori musicians, with standout wins for the Tuari Brothers, Makayla Purcell-Mainini and songwriter TAWAZ. Roots group Corrella and hip hop ...

“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 ...