Apanui-Barr, a fellow reo Māori singer-songwriter, says they first connected through He Pounamu, a 1990s Māngai Pāho compilation of reo Māori waiata, and remained close ever since. Their last ...

Music correspondent Dave Wilson talks about the contribution made to music in Aotearoa by Toni Huata, who has passed away. Huata was a champion of Maori music and te reo, and released much of her ...