MOANA MANIAPOTO 'MY NAME IS MOANA'

Celebrated singer songwriter Moana Maniapoto (Sol de Sully) is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy Free and Karlos Tunks Saunders in a heartfelt tribute to ‘moana’- the ocean - in ‘My Name is Moana’.

An Arts Laureate, Moana competed with 11,000 others to win the Grand Jury Prize of the International Songwriting Contest and has performed on stages all over the world including the Sydney Opera House – twice! Last year she was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.  

Where once upon a time her main inspiration came from fusing Pakeha western music with traditional Maori music, she now finds synergies between music from a range of cultures. Over the decades, ‘Moana and Tribe’ have performed and learned from First Nation people in the Arctic circle (Sami) and the Borneo rainforest, as well as performing in Taiwan, Korea, Russia, Hungary and the US. In this AOTNZ tour, her activism, which she refers to as ‘artivism’, focuses on the fundamental relationship that we have with ‘moana’ - the ocean.

“Reaching back to her musical and cultural roots, Moana crafts songs destined to get feet moving, hearts feeling and minds thinking.”

Itinerary

Wednesday 12 April 8pm Onekaka
The Mussel Inn
$25 presales/$30 at door if available
Book: Eventfinda

Thursday 13 April 8pm (dinner from 6) Mapua
The Playhouse Theatre
$25 Book: The Playhouse Theatre

Friday 14 April 7.30pm Hokitika
Old Lodge Theatre, 11 Revell St
$20 Book: Hokitika Regent Theatre

Sunday 16 April 7.30pm Geraldine
Town and Country Club
$25 Book: Louk Clothing (no eftpos)

Tuesday 18 April 7.30pm Alexandra
The Cellar Door
Adult $20, Supergold $15, Child $10
Book: Alexandra i-Site

Thursday 20 April 8pm Stewart Island
Community Centre
$25, $20 (Toi Rakiura members) Door sales
A Southland Arts Festival event

Friday 21 April 8pm Invercargill
SIT Centrestage Theatre
$25 , $15 (Student rush)
Book: Ticketdirect (Booking fees apply)
A Southland Arts Festival event

Saturday 22 April 7.30pm Karitane
Puketeraki Marae Apes Rd $20
Book: Kati Huirapa Runaka Office,121 Grimness St Karitane
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Sunday 23 April 4pm Ashburton
Ashburton Trust Event Centre
$23 (fees apply)
Book: Box office or Ticket Direct

Monday 24 April 7pm Lincoln
The Laboratory
$20 Book: Eventfinda or at the Laboratory

Wednesday 26 April 8pm Upper Hutt
Expressions Arts Centre
$20 Book: www.expressions.org.nz

Thursday 27 April 8pm New Plymouth
Theatre Royal TSB Showplace
Table seat $35; Theatre seat $25, Student $20,
Table of 8 $200
Book: TSB Showplace box office, 0800 TICKETEK www.ticketek.co.nz

Friday 28 April 8pm Taupo
The Playhouse 2 Matai St
$30 (includes dessert)
Book: Cosmic Ticketing

Sunday 30 April 8pm Onewhero
OSPA Theatre Hall Rd
$25 Book: River Traders Tuakau

Tuesday 2 May 7.30pm Kaitaia
Te Ahu Little Theatre
$20 Book: i-Site Kaitaia

Thursday 4 May 7.30pm, Coromandel Town
Coromandel Area School
$25 Book: Coromandel Information Centre

Friday 5 May 8pm Hamilton
Meteor Theatre

Saturday 6 May 7pm Opotiki
De Luxe Theatre
$20 Book: De Luxe Theatre, Travel Shop or door sales
http://deluxetheatre.co.nz

MOANA MANIAPOTO INDUCTED INTO THE NEW ZEALAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME

APRA will honour the contribution Moana Maniapoto has made to music in Aotearoa when she is inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the 2016 APRA Silver Scroll Awards.

The New Zealand Music Hall of Fame pays tribute to songwriters, musicians and acts that have made a significant impact on life and culture through their music.

Regarded as one of our most significant voices, Moana Maniapoto (Ngāti Tūwharetoa/Tūhourangi-Ngāti Wahiao) has been at the beating heart of the nation’s music scene for four decades. 

A trailblazer and a self-confessed “political junkie” who has never shied away from pushing boundaries, she first rose to mainstream prominence in 1987 when Moana and the Moahunters released the song ‘Kua Makona’, blending the traditional with the contemporary. 

The Invercargill-born singer-songwriter went on to form Moana and the Tribe in the early 2000s, shaping a unique fusion of waiata, haka and electronic-flavoured soul.

Since then, Moana Maniapoto and her band have played at hundreds of festivals and concerts around the globe. Their performances have been met with critical acclaim, helping to establish her and her music as one of New Zealand’s greatest musical exports.

It’s a reputation only strengthened by countless accolades and awards, including in 2004, when Moana Maniapoto was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. In 2005 she was made a Life Time Recipient of the Tohu Mahi Hou a Te Waka Toi Award acknowledging her leadership and contribution to Maori art. And in 2008, she received a Music Industry Award at the Maori Waiata Awards for her positive contribution to Maori Music.

Moana Maniapoto continues to make music and perform in every corner of the globe. Her fifth album RIMA, produced by electronica whizz Paddy Free, was a finalist at all three major music awards in 2015 and named a Top of the World Album (Songlines UK).

The singer-songwriter has never rested on her laurels and continues to push boundaries through her music and contribution to New Zealand society. She is currently planning an ambitious international recording collaboration ‘Ono’ with female musicians from Canada, Scotland, Norway and Korea. And when she’s not on stage or making new music, she’s a documentary maker, a feature writer and an in-demand speaker at events around the world.

“Her achievements, which continue today, as an award winning writer, artist, film-maker, band member and activist, are many and varied – but the unifying strand that runs through all of them is music,” says Anthony Healey, Head of NZ Operations for APRA AMCOS. “She has shown people here that music is a language to unify, educate, advocate, understand, inspire, comfort and forgive – and she has taken that message around the world, leading the way for artists everywhere, encouraging and empowering them to do the same”.

The New Zealand Music Hall of Fame was created by APRA AMCOS and Recorded Music NZ in 2007, and has so far paid tribute to Jordan Luck, Johnny Devlin, The Topp Twins, Straitjacket Fits, Hirini Melbourne & Richard Nunns, Ray Columbus & The Invaders, The Fourmyula, Shihad, Hello Sailor, Dragon, Herbs, Toy Love, Dave Dobbyn, Shona Laing, Douglas Lilburn, Supergroove, Bill Sevesi and The Exponents.

Moana will be inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame at the APRA Silver Scroll Awardsat Vector Arena in Auckland on Thursday, September 29.

RNZ Checkpoint host John Campbell is MC’ing this year’s ceremony, which will also be televised live thanks to a partnership between APRA AMCOS and RNZ. It will be broadcast free-to-air by RNZ on Freeview Channel 50. There will also be a live video stream of the ceremony on RNZ’s newly updated website http://www.radionz.co.nz/music