The Latest From Moana...

Taranaki (9 Mar)
On Weds, the band will head to New Plymouth where we will be parked up until the folllowing Monday. We will be rehearsing for the Boomerang Project which will be staged on Sunday at 4pm on the main stage at the Bowl of Brooklyn but first we perform at 4pm on Saturday - main stage. Can't wait! Bit flued up after a week of marae living in Rotorua when the temperatures dropped below zero - wow, that was cold - we all felt that! But loads of manuka honey and lemon, I will be bouncing off the walls!

WOMAD NZ (18 Feb)
We are the Featured Artist for Womad NZ this week. Sooooo looking forward to this festival.

Festival Countdown to Feb 6 (29 Jan)
In 2012, my sister Trina and I thought it would be fun to organise a music festival - after all, we've played at hundreds - how hard could it be? Pretty hard as it turns out! But with a big group of volunteers and a great lineup, we sold out an hour or so after the gates opened. Now, we are exactly one week away from our second. The Muriwai Waitangi Day Festival will feature great NZ artists like Warren Maxwell, Tiki Taane, Will Crummer & the Rarotongans and of course, a band called Moana & the Tribe. Tickets from www.eventfinder.co.nz.

WOMAD NZ (12 Dec)
We are proud to have been announced as one of the artists to perform at WomadNZ 2014, set in the beautiful Bowl of Brooklyn. This has to be my most favourite festival in Aotearoa-NZ. Why? The extraordinary music, the wairua, the kaupapa and the stunning Taranaki setting. I am so rapt we are playing with such a distinguished line up. Please don't miss this opportunity to catch a diverse and exciting array of artists, right here in NZ.

LATEST NEWS (12 Dec)
In September and October, we played in Poland, Korea and Australia - with a sell out gig in Warsaw at the Cross Cultures Festival. Since our return home, I have been writing and recording in the Piha studio of our keyboard player Paddy Free, my co-producer. We are having an absolute ball. Piha is a wild west coast beach an hours drive from Muriwai, the blacksands beach I live at. Feeling inspired one morning, I wrote a song on the drive over, pulling off the road to jot some notes. 'Not Alone' is about our connection with ocean, space and ancestors and I've pulled in one of my favourite male vocalists to duet with. It's scorching!