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National Waiata Māori Music Awards
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 7:53 am | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
Te Tohu Kaitiaki Tikanga Pūoru - Iconic Keeper of Tradition Award Recipient: Wetini Mitai 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 ... More >>
WAIATA MĀORI MUSIC AWARDS - Finalists 2022
Monday, 8 August 2022, 5:58 pm | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
The Waiata Māori Music Awards are looking forward to celebrating our Māori music for 2022. This year, the finalists are diverse in styles, covering many genres of waiata and from all areas of Aotearoa. The awards will be hosted in one of the original ... More >>
Announcing the Waiata Māori Iconic Award recipients for 2021
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 3:35 pm | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
Announcing the Waiata Māori Iconic Award recipients 2021 and that WMMA will be going online! Organisers of the National Waiata Māori Music Awards have had to make the tough decision yet again to move the 2021 event online, with safety of the people ... More >>
First-time Finalists Combining Music And Te Reo Māori
Friday, 9 October 2020, 9:14 am | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
From the comfort of his home, Adam Tukiri wrote and recorded what was supposed to be a rap album with lo-fi beats. “But I was going through some challenges and I was forced to stop until I could resolve those problems. “I returned about a month ... More >>
Finalists Announced For The 2020 National Waiata Māori Music Awards
Friday, 18 September 2020, 9:16 am | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
A blend of new and established talented artists make up the mix of this year’s finalists for the National Waiata Māori Music Awards. A total of 18 finalists have been selected across various categories, some competing for multiple titles for the ... More >>
Rika And Kingi Dominate at Waiata Māori Music Awards
Saturday, 16 September 2017, 3:09 pm | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
Maisey Rika And Troy Kingi Dominate at The 10th Annual Waiata Māori Music Awards More >>
Iconic Maori Musicians Honoured
Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 3:57 pm | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
September 5, 2017 - Three iconic Māori artists will be honoured posthumously at the upcoming 10th annual Waiata Māori Music Awards in Hastings next Friday, September 15. - Celebrated 1970s singer Bunny Tekokiri Miha Wahi Walters will receive the Music ... More >>
Waiata Maori Music Awards
Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 3:09 pm | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
THE MANDATE of the Waiata Māori Music Awards is to produce and maintain a music competition that is open to all Māori music industry professionals i.e. all composers and artists. More >>
Golden Harvest added to Waiata Maori Music Awards ceremony
Friday, 13 September 2013, 11:50 am | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
Outstanding New Zealand pop/rock band Golden Harvest has decided to perform together for the first time in 27 years, when the band appears at the National Waiata Maori Music Awards ceremony tonight, Friday, September 13, 2013. More >>
Maori Music Expo & Te Koanga Maori Fashion Show
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 2:23 pm | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
The 6th National Waiata Maori Music begins today with the Maori Music Expo and the Te Koanga Maori Fashion Show, at the Hawke’s Bay Opera House in Hastings. The expo features the National Maori Hand Games, vocal and taonga puoro workshops as well ... More >>
Te Koanga Fashion Show 2013
Friday, 6 September 2013, 3:27 pm | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
A mixture of eight international and up and coming fashion designers, along with 11 fashion design students, will present new collections at this year’s Te Koanga Maori Fashion Show, held as part of the National Waiata Maori Music Awards next week. More >>
Waiata Magazine Issue 5 released
Friday, 30 August 2013, 10:46 am | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
The Queen of Loops, Mihirangi Fleming, features as the cover story in Issue 5 of Waiata Magazine, the publication supporting the National Waiata Maori Music Awards. The digital and print versions of the magazine were released and distributed around ... More >>
Guest artists revealed for awards ceremony
Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 9:07 am | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
International reggae act Katchafire will headline the list of guest artists performing at this year’s National Waiata Maori Music Awards ceremony at the Hawke’s Bay Opera House in Hastings next month. More >>
Nominated Finalists for 2013 National Waiata Maori Music Awa
Thursday, 22 August 2013, 3:15 pm | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
A woman who has dedicated a lifetime to being a cultural mentor through her work as a composer, teacher and judge of kapa haka and music, is among three recipients in the Nominated Awards section of this year’s National Waiata Maori Music Awards, ... More >>
Waiata Maori Music Awards winners revealed
Saturday, 15 September 2012, 12:23 pm | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
The flourishing solo career of former Nesian Mistik lead singer Te Awanui Reeder received another stamp of approval as he took home three titles at last night’s National Waiata Maori Music Awards ceremony in Hawke’s Bay. More >>
Waiata Maori Music Awards ceremony
Friday, 14 September 2012, 11:11 am | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
PRESS RELEASE 13 Friday, September 14, 2012 Waiata Maori Music Awards ceremony and celebrity breakfast Maori singers Ria Hall, Anna Coddington and Majic Paora will perform a tribute song to the late Dr Hirini Melbourne as part of the National Waiata ... More >>
Expo & fashion show opens National Waiata Maori Music Awards
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 12:58 pm | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
The Maori Music Expo and the Te Koanga Fashion Show will open this year’s National Waiata Maori Music Awards event today. The expo, to be held today and tomorrow, begins with the Primary Schools National Te Reo Kori Hand Games competition, which includes ... More >>
Nominated Award Winners
Monday, 3 September 2012, 12:29 pm | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
A former New Zealand Kiwis rugby league player is being recognized for his efforts off field, in particular, his commitment to the resurgence of the martial art, maurakau, when he appears at the National Waiata Maori Music Awards this month. More >>
Waiata Magazine Issue 3
Monday, 27 August 2012, 10:54 am | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
The voice behind the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup, Ria Hall, and the woman behind the international Barefoot Divas are two of the features in the latest issue of Waiata magazine, released nationwide this week. More >>
Waiata Maori Music Awards
Saturday, 21 July 2012, 3:10 pm | National Waiata Maori Music Awards
Two Maori muscians who featured in the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup will appear among the guest performers at this year’s National Waiata Maori Music Awards in September. More >>