We asked and you responded! 2025 has been a remarkable year for waiata Māori — with artists blending traditional forms, ...

The recipient of the Keeper of Traditions Award is someone who has demonstrated exceptional skill and knowledge in Māori music and dance. They have not only mastered the technical aspects of these art ...

Rei is part of a new generation of artists reshaping Aotearoa’s soundscape, and he’s doing it in two languages. The 31-year-old musician, raised in Brooklyn, Wellington, and now based in Tāmaki ...

As the Māori New Year arrives, Waiata Anthems honours the rising of Matariki with a new release of waiata and video content, showcasing an exciting group of established and emerging artists sharing ...

Theia - a project of singer-songwriter Em-Haley Walker (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Tīpā) alongside TE KAAHU - is releasing her emphatic protest anthem BALDH3AD! on Friday. "BALDH3AD! is my musical assault ...

Te Kaahu, which artist Em Walker refers to as her "beautiful safe haven" for her compositions that are in te reo Māori. Talented Māori music artist Em Walker (Waikato-Tainui and Ngāti Tipa), known as ...

Māori singer, composer and performer Toni Huata has died. Huata was a champion of Māori music and te reo, and released much of her music in her mother tongue. She was also the Kaihautū Puoro Māori - ...

Study creative arts and help shape a future where te ao Māori is at the forefront of Aotearoa creative industries. A first for Aotearoa tertiary education, the Mātauranga Toi Māori major engages te ao ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Māori across Aotearoa have continued to shine – bringing te ao Māori to the world stage, nurturing mātauranga reo and culture at home, and breaking new ground in arts, sport, ...