The Latest From Moana...

NEW MUSIC (26 Nov)
Getting ready to shoot a new music video this weekend for our song HUAKIRANGI. It will be directed by Vinnie Carter, thanks to Te Mangai Paaho. Beautiful lyrics courtesy of Scotty Morrison and grooves by Paddy Free. Guest vocalist is the extraordinary Shellie Morris.

THE NEGOTIATORS (28 Sep)
Have been busy directing my first documentary series. The Negotiators is screening on Māori Television at 8pm on Monday nights or ON DEMAND. Seven 26-minute episodes of real people telling the real story of this nation through treaty settlements. It's been getting great reviews and I'm very proud of it. Please watch and share. PS Paddy Free has composed a wonderful soundtrack to complement the kōrero of each of our Negotiators.

NEW RELEASE (23 May)
Out today on iTunes, Deezer, Amazon and the rest - Tū (Moana & the Tribe featuring the vocals of the extraordinary Jani Lauzon). Stomping big drum n bass "world music" celebrating the ritual of tohi - dedication of a child to the God of War to strengthen and empower them. Get it now!

My name is Moana Tour 2019 - 4 May until 1 June 2019 (15 Apr)
Arts on Tour NZ presents: "My Name is Moana" - Water, ocean, moana, music – The show is an intimate 90-minute tribute to the ocean led by celebrated singer/songwriter Moana Maniapoto, arts laureate and a 2016 inductee into the NZ Music Hall of Fame. Most recently, she has been honoured as a Distinguished Alumni 2019 of University of Auckland alongside William Pike, Dr Simon Talbot and John Bongard.

The audiences loved Moana and her fellow musicians when they toured with Arts on Tour in 2017. Now Moana, Trina and Paddy are back, this time with Cadzow on electric and acoustic guitar. In ‘My Name is Moana’, through a mix of music, myth and personal anecdote, we discover and share our relationship to the Ocean - and to each other - and we celebrate people power.