The singer-songwriter’s new album wasn’t intended to be political, but it arrives at a tense moment for Aotearoa politics.

This language of the Haka allows the Maori to share their stories and emotions in ways that are above and beyond any words that could ever be spoken. It is a means of uniting, of respecting ...

So, for his fourth solo album, he turned to Te Reo Maori, spoken irregularly in his family for three generations. “Emotions are self-justifying, but language is where things fall apart,” says ...