Richard Nunns / Mark Lockett
Redaction [ Rattle Records / CD - released 26/Jun/2015 ] Redaction, featuring renowned taonga pūoro exponent Richard Nunns, one of our longest serving and most consistently adventurous artists, was conceived first and foremost as an art-project. |
Toni Huata
Tomokia [ Waa Huu / CD - released 6/Jun/2014 ] 'Tomokia' is Toni Huata's fifth album and her second in the dub and electronica genre, made in collaboration with celebrated Piha musician and producer Paddy Free of Pitch Black fame. |
ROB THORNE
Whāia te Māramatanga Rob Thorne (taonga puoro & composition) Richard Nunns (purerehua on Waharoa & Gateway) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] Whāia Te Māramatanga is a musical passage of identity and connection. A journey of knowledge through action and practice, reclaiming the past for a stronger future, while joining the two in a place that is here, and a time that is now. A... |
Paul Walden
The Voice of Aotearoa [ Frenzy / CD - released 21/Jun/2013 ] The Voice of Aotearoa features 25 of Paul Walden's most well-known tracks. |
Toni Huata
Hopukia [ Waa Huu / CD - released 29/Jun/2012 ] The fourth release from our internationally acclaimed Māori Diva includes collaborations with respected electronic NZ musician Paddy Free, and acclaimed composer and percussionist Gareth Farr. |
Richard Nunns / Paul Dyne / Dave Lisik
Hikoi / Journey [ Rattle Records / CD - released 27/Apr/2012 ] 'Journey' elaborates on the source material of 'Hikoi', which started life as a musical conversation between two life-long friends, Richard Nunns (taonga puoro) and Paul Dyne (bass). |
Rotorua Whaka Maori Concert Party
Rotorua Whaka Maori Concert Party [ Zodiac Records New Zealand / CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] This particular recording has been recognised as one of the greatest examples of the Maori Concert party in action, and as such offers a thrilling experience to any listener. |
Whirimako Black & Richard Nunns
Te More [ Rattle Records / CD - released 5/Dec/2011 ] A tribute to one of Maoridom's most famous early composers, Mahi-ki-te-kapua. Emotionally rich, texturally lush, this beautiful recording brings together two of our finest musical taonga. |
Whirimako Black
Te Reo Maori Sessions [ Makomako / CD - released 14/Feb/2011 ] This specially priced 2CD collection features 20 classic jazz and blues standards, translated into Te Reo Maori and beautifully sung by Whirimako. |
Toni Huata
Whiti [ Ode Records / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] Toni Huata's strength as a performer, style, warmth and depth as a song writer, allows her to stand confidently in Aotearoa and abroad. |
David Antony Clark & Rawiri Toia
Tribal Blood - Manawataki Maori [ Tasmantis / CD - released 12/Jul/2010 ] Around one thousand years ago, voyaging Polynesian canoes discovered a remote, uninhabited wilderness in the southern Pacific Ocean: a land with a flora and fauna unlike any on Earth... |
New Zealand 28 (Maori) Battalion
Ake Ake, Kia Kaha e! - Songs of the New Zealand 28 (Maori) Battalion [ Atoll Records New Zealand / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] It could have been called 'the singing Battalion'! When the soldiers of the Maori Battalion sailed for the Second World War, they took with them songs that embodied the love and prayers of those at home. |
Aonua featuring Taisha
Aonua [ Aonua / CD - released 21/Jul/2008 ] Awarded Best Maori Artist / Best Maori Female Vocalist / South Pacific Instruments with New Zealand Native Wildlife. |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Puhake ki te rangi Richard Nunns (taonga puoro) Alexa Still (flute) / New Zealand String Quartet [ Atoll / 2 CD/DVD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "In 1989, I heard for the first time, in a presentation given by Richard Nunns, the sounds of the taonga puoro (singing treasures), which spoke to me very strongly of the spirituality of my Maori heritage. I began working with these instruments... |
Moana & the Tribe
Live & Proud [ Sony & BMG Entertainment New Zealand / DVD - released 5/Nov/2007 ] |
Various Artists
Nga Pihi 1 - Maori Songs for Children [ Universal Children's Audio / CD - released 5/Oct/2007 ] Winner: Best Children's Album, NZ Music Awards Nga waiata whakakoi koi i te hinengaro o te hunga ngawari. Fresh, original songs and well-known waiata to delight tamariki. Nga Pihi 1 focuses on simplicity, repetition, variety, and spiritual... |
Prince Tui Teka
The Maori Album [ Ode Records / CD - released 25/Jun/2007 ] Prince Tui Teka is a massively important figure in the music of New Zealand. This collection of Maori songs showcases his talent fantastically. These favourites were a mainstay in his live performances and are very well known. |
DOUGLAS LILBURN
Lilburn: A Song of Islands / Aotearoa Overture / Forest / etc New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Oct/2006 ] "A Kiwi legend is handsomely served by his homeland. James Judd and his New Zealand forces find an openness and an energy in the music that evokes all the majesty of that country's landscape." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2006) |
Hirini Melbourne
Forest and Ocean: Bird Songs [ Viking Seven Seas / CD - released 3/Oct/2006 ] This is a mixture of both traditional Maori music and contemporary guitar backed tracks, all sung in Te Reo with real native bird call backgrounds. |
Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns / Remixed by Various New Zealand Artists
Te Whaiao - Te Ku Te Whe - Remixed [ Rattle Records / CD - released 3/Oct/2006 ] The 'Te Ku Te Whe' album was released in 1998 and is the definitive recording of pre-European Maori instrumental music. Now these NZ producers have taken the music a step further by remixing it for the 21st century! |