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umusicNZ Haere Mai Rā / Sway - Bic Runga performs her classic for the new album WAIATA / ANTHEMS is released to celebrate Māori Language Week / Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2019 (Sep 9-15) In 2019, a group of New Zealand musicians such as Bic Runga, Tiki Taane, Tami Neilson, Stan Walker and Six60 recorded te reo versions of their songs for a compilation album called Waiata/Anthems. Conceived by musician Hinewehi Mohi, it proved to be a critical and commercial success. TV series Waiata Anthems fol...

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How the national anthem in Māori changed NZ 5 Apr, 2021 12:00 PM 4 minutes to read Song created history - and the singer is now changing more lives through music. Singing the national anthem in Māori is today an accepted part of Kiwi life at major sporting events, but the person who did it first says the criticism it attracted at the time was a shock. Hinewehi Mohi was thrust into the international spotlight in 1999 when she sang God Defend New Zealand in Māori before the All Blacks opening...

Many thanks to Toi Moroki CoCA for hosting this event. --- Riki Gooch is renowned as a brilliant drummer, music producer and composer who has worked with a who’s who of Aotearoa music, including as a founding member of Trinity Roots, with Neil Finn, Shayne P Carter, Ladi 6, Ria Hall, Fat Freddies Drop, Bic Runga and Orchestra of Spheres. Riki has created an astounding amount of music under the monikers Eru Dangerspiel, Cave Circles and DJ Oboe, ranging from electronic dance music, music for f...

Businesses outside Auckland struggling with level 3 lockdown Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Harry Lock for RNZ While Auckland is having to go through a week in alert level 3, the rest of the country is still feeling the squeeze. The move to level 2 has resulted in events being cancelled, cafes, restaurants and bars down on takings, and more people choosing to work from home. "A comment that came up today with my colleague," said Anniki, who works in Wellingtons CBD, "was that the offi...

Racing was able to continue in the finals of the Prada Cup for challengers under alert level 2, with the cup village attractions closed and crowds kept dispersed, but there was no discretion under level 3. “ACE will apply for an exemption to race under Level 3 restrictions so as to keep as many options open as possible. However, racing will not occur before at least Wednesday 10th March,” chair Tina Symmans said. The first major event to fall was one of the city’s biggest public partic...

Simon Wilson: The amazing return of the Auckland Arts Festival 25 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 7 minutes to read OPINION: What an astonishing thing, that we are about to welcome the return of the Auckland Arts Festival. Covid struck right in the middle of the 2020 festival, cancelling shows, stranding performers, forcing audiences home. Most famously, American singer Amanda Palmer had to cancel, and then holed up for the duration in Hawkes Bay with her daughter and her husband, writer ...

Bic Runga releases new song to mark Christchurch earthquake anniversary 23 Feb, 2021 10:06 PM 2 minutes to read The song, No One Walks This Night Alone, reflects on Christchurchs journey since the deadly earthquake and is being released today. Photo / Nirrimi Hakanson The song, No One Walks This Night Alone, reflects on Christchurchs journey since the deadly earthquake and is being released today. Photo / Nirrimi Hakanson NZ Herald Kiwi artist Bic Runga has released a new song to mark the 10th ...

Bic Runga Shares Christchurch Earthquake Anniversary Song Annabel Kean / Wednesday 24th February, 2021 12:49PM       Monday this week marked ten years since Ōtautahi was struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, leading to 185 lives lost and the transformation of an entire city. The anniversary has been acknowledged in every which way, with a service held at the Christchurch earthquake memorial where the Prime Minister spoke, the names of the dead read aloud, and thousands of flowers c...

A group of the biggest names in New Zealand music, including Lorde, Bic Runga, Anika Moa, Anna Coddington and Tami Neilson, subsequently released an open letter urging industry leaders and workers to examine their own behaviour. When her friend Gwyn Barrie came up with the idea for Grrrl Fest – a music and arts festival with a kaupapa of inclusion for women and gender non-binary artists – Waswo said she jumped at the opportunity to be involved. The festival was conceived as a response to...