Barefoot sound and electro-haka beats: Huia Hamon on making music her way

Huia Hamon, Musician

She’s a producer, promoter, artist, musician, māmā and more. It might seem like a pick’n’mix career but Huia Hamon wouldn’t have it any other way. Today, a decade on from her first solo album, she dons her musician pōtae to release Āio, a te reo Māori EP about peace, knowledge and self-reflection. When Huia Hamon … Read more

Seth Haapu and Maisey Rika in conversation: ‘Make music that brings value’

Friends and collaborators Maisey Rika and Seth Haapu sit down together to talk about Haapu’s new single and video ‘New Wave’. Maisy Rika: Seth, thank you so much for making yourself available for this kōrero. We’ve known each other for a while now, but just so the world knows, e hoa, who are you, where do … Read more

POP Waiata: Taking Māori music on a train ride

From a wee toddler singing on the bus to entertaining unsuspecting commuters on Auckland’s trains, Geneva Alexander-Marsters reflects on her life on public transport and the POP Waiata project she initiated in 2017. I used to sing on the bus as a kid. My mother would take me with her on the morning commute to … Read more