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Moana Maniapoto

Composer, Performer, Māori Composer

Biography

Ngāti Tuwharetoa

Moana Maniapoto is a Māori composer and singer who has taken her often politically conscious Māori music festivals across the world. Her band Moana and the Moahunters brought Māori music into the NZ Pop industry in the 1990s, later forming Moana and the Tribe in the 2000s. Moana and the Tribe have taken their haka-funk-dub-fusion music to many stages throughout the world, in iplaces such as Istanbul, Moscow, Florence, Berlin, Warsaw, Toronto, Venice, Shanghai, Seoul, Vienna, Toronto, Taipei, Hungary, Switzerland, Norway, Vanuatu and Australia.

Moana became the first non-American to win a major USA based songwriting contest with her song Moko, beating over 11,000 compositions to win the Grand Jury Prize of the International Songwriting Competition. She is a recipient of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM), a Life Time Recipient of the Toi Iho Maori Made Mark (denoting authenticity and quality) and also received the Te Tohu Mahi Hou a Te Waka Toi Award from Te Waka Toi (Creative New Zealand) in recognition of outstanding leadership and contribution to the development of new directions in Maori art. Moana has also received the Art Laureates by the NZ Arts Foundation.

More recently, TŪ (the electronica duo of Paddy Free and Moana) launched itself internationally at festivals in Finland and Taiwan and her acoustic ensemble, My Name is Moana performed throughout the country through Arts on Tour.

Offstage, Moana is one half of an award-winning documentary team led by her partner and band member Toby Mills. Moana has been inducted into the APRA Music Hall of Fame and has received recognition at the Waiata Māori Music Awards. Independent Music NZ also named Tahi (Moana and the Moahunters) as the 2019 recipient of the Classic Record, which aims to acknowledge albums that continue to inspire us.

Information about Moana Maniapoto and her music for film and television can also be found on the NZ On Screen website.


Composed (63)

A.E.I.O.U. - Akona Te Reo

Hip Hop, 4m 2s


AEIOU - Remix

Electronic, 3m 34s


Ancestors

Te Reo, English, Hip Hop, 6m 13s


Aotearoa

Te Reo, Electronic, Roots, 3m 36s


Awe Maria

Te Reo, Choral, 2m 44s


Back Where We Belong

R&B, 5m 32s


Bird in a Tree

Te Reo, World Music, 3m 49s


Black Pearl

Pop, 4m 41s


Calling You

World Music, 4m 21s


Give It Up Now

Te Reo, English, Hip Hop, 4m 3s


Hands Up

Soul, 46s


He Waiata Aroha Na Puhi wahine - outro

Te Reo, World Music, 2m 36s


He Waiata Aroha Na Puhiwahine - Intro

Te Reo, World Music, 34s


Hine Tangi-Manawa

Te Reo, Taonga Puoro, Soul, 4m 16s


Hine-te-iwaiwa

Te Reo, World Music, 3m 52s


House of Strife

Te Reo, English, World Music, 3m 27s


Iri Kura

5m 13s


Kahu

4m 2s


Ko Au

5m 38s


Kua Makona

4m 26s


Manawa Tahi

Te Reo, World Music, 3m 23s


Matakuikui

Te Reo, Reggae, 5m 54s


Moko

World Music, 5m 14s


Nga iwi e Chiemsee Reggae

Te Reo, Reggae, 5m 19s


Not alone

Soul, 4m


Pae O Riri

Te Reo, Orchestra, Voice, 2m 56s


Papatuanuku

Te Reo, English, Soul, 3m 18s


Peace, Love & Family

Soul, 4m 13s


Prophecies

Soul, 4m 39s


Putaatara

Taonga Puoro, 40s


Rangatahi

Reggae, 4m 30s


Rangikane Ana

Te Reo, World Music, 5m 35s


Rebel in Me

Soul, 4m 22s


Seashell

Te Reo, Reggae, 6m 3s


Sensual

Soul, 5m 21s


Seven Years

Soul, 3m 26s


Sister in Me

Hip Hop, 4m 9s


Speak to Me

World Music, 5m 1s


Tahi - Dance Mix

Te Reo, Dance, 5m 2s


Tahi - Roots Mix

Te Reo, Roots, 4m 55s


Te Aho

Te Reo, World Music, 3m 23s


Te Apo

Te Reo, Kapa Haka, World Music, 4m 21s


Te Arawa E

Te Reo, an archival interlude, 56s


Te Ha

Te Reo, World Music, 4m 36s


Te Kakano

Te Reo, World Music, 4m 32s


Te Kapua Whakapipi

Te Reo, Taonga Puoro, Voice, 33s


Te Kohu

Te Reo, Taonga Puoro, World Music, 4m 24s


Te Po

Te Reo, World Music, 4m 13s


Tihore Mai

Te Reo, Taonga Puoro, Voice, 1m 35s


Titia

Te Reo, World Music, 4m 24s


Titokowaru

Te Reo, English, Funk, 3m 43s


Treaty

Te Reo, English, Kapa haka, Hip hop, 4m 4s


Tū ( feat. Jani Lauzon )

Te Reo, Drum n Bass


Upokohue

Te Reo, Taona Puoro, World Music, 5m 49s


Warrior Woman

Te Reo, English, Reggae, Kapa haka, 5m 13s


Warriors

Te Reo, English, Acapella, 1m 6s


Water People

Te Reo, English, Kapa Haka, World Music, 6m 14s


Wha

Taonga Puoro, 1m 45s


Wharua

Te Reo, Reggae, 4m 46s


Whole Worlds Watching

Reggae, 5m 41s



Performances (4)

Auckland Arts Festival | My Name is Moana (Warkworth)

Beloved singer-songwriter __Moana Maniapoto__ is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy ...


Auckland Arts Festival | My Name is Moana (Waiheke)

Beloved singer-songwriter __Moana Maniapoto__ is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy ...


CANCELLED: Auckland Arts Festival | My Name is Moana (Papakura)

__This event is cancelled due to COVID-19. See other performance dates below.__ ___ Beloved...


Auckland Arts Festival | My Name is Moana (Glen Innes)

Beloved singer-songwriter __Moana Maniapoto__ is joined by her sister Trina, Pitch Black’s Paddy ...