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Known for her bold art-pop songs which have seen her amass fans around the globe, Theia is now showing a different side with her new reo Māori project Te Kaahu. The project’s title, which means ‘the hawk’, pays homage to her late grandmother. She says after her kuia passed away she saw more kaahu than she’d ever seen in her life, so she began treating them as a personal kaitiaki, or guardians.
Theia (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Tīpā) is also a fierce proponent for the revitalisation of te reo Māori, and when she’s not making music she teaches basic reo Māori to fellow musicians, businesses, record executives in Aotearoa and abroad.
