Māpuna for Saturday 1 June 2024
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Mapuna June 1
12:00 PM.Julian Wilcox is joined by Marlon Williams who won best solo artist at Thursday's Aotearoa Music Awards. The Ngai Tahu singer-songwriter beat the likes of Stan Walker, Princess Chelsea and Kaylee… Read more Audio
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The history of Moteatea
12:30 PM.Julian Wilcox hosts a korero about moteatea - chanted song poetry - which will feature in a new podcast series to be hosted by Crystal Edwards and will also include Ngahiwi Apanui Barr, who's the… Read more Audio
Aotearoa Music Awards winner Marlon Williams
Marlon Williams Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
At Thursday's Aotearoa Music Awards the Ngai Tahu singer-songwriter Marlon Williams won best solo artist. He talks to Julian Wilcox about his reaction to the award and his future project to develop songs in te reo Maori. After that is a korero about moteatea - chanted song poetry - which will feature in a new podcast series to be hosted by Crystal Edwards and will also include Ngahiwi Apanui Barr, who's the chief executive of the Maori Language Commission and kapa haka performer Tamati Waaka.
