“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 ...
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 ...
Maisey Rika has performed in Hawaii frequently over the last few years. Here she performs at the Polynesian Cultural Center at a 2012 concert featuring singer Ria Hall, a fellow Maori from New Zealand ...
Lorde has rerecorded five songs from her most recent album in the Indigenous Maori language. The Maori make up approximately 16 percent of New Zealand’s population, the singer’s home country. The ...
The 4th China-New Zealand Arts Festival 2025 "Conversation and Connection" Voices of Our Ancestors Concert was held at the Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand on May 18. At the concert, musicians ...
To international audiences, Marlon Williams’ songs are the highway stop after Roy Orbison’s Texas and Chris Isaak’s California. But the Maori musician, one of Aotearoa’s most successful musical ...