The 4th China-New Zealand Arts Festival 2025 "Conversation and Connection" Voices of Our Ancestors Concert was held at the Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand on May 18. At the concert, musicians ...

Pop singer Lorde has released an EP in te reo Maori, the Native language in her home country of New Zealand. Maori artists say that this is just... What Lorde's Te Reo Maori Songs Mean For The Effort ...

Who is entitled to sing in a language that is not their own? That was the question from some fans after New Zealand pop artist Lorde released a mini-album of five of her songs translated in te reo ...

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Maisey Rika has performed in Hawaii frequently over the last few years. Here she performs at the Polynesian Cultural Center at a 2012 concert featuring singer Ria Hall, a fellow Maori from New Zealand ...

Lorde has rerecorded five songs from her most recent album in the Indigenous Maori language. The Maori make up approximately 16 percent of New Zealand’s population, the singer’s home country. The ...