A Welsh man has won the waiata category in the Compose Aotearoa! national choral composition competition - for works with substantial Te Reo Māori content.
Andrew Williams Photo: Supplied / Andrew Williams
Andrew Williams' waiata Miha is for an unaccompanied choir to sing fully in Māori in a church, during holy communion.
Andrew is a tenor from Wales, living in Wellington, singing with the Choir at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul.
Historically his native Welsh language and Te Reo have a lot in common - they've both been suppressed. But this year a law in Wales demands at least 10% of school teaching has to be done in Cymraeg/Welsh.
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
