Sunday, 9 May 2010

09 May 2010

"Haere maha mahue maha."
Go forward and go back.
This week's whakatāuki was explained by Turei Reedy nō Ngāti Pōrou

According to academic Robbie Shilliam, it's the legacy of colonialism that found a group of Māori and Pacific activists and members of the London-based black theatre group Keskidee touring the Aotearoa in the 1970s, calling themselves Keskidee Aroha. Well that … and Bob Marley. Thirty years later, the group is reuniting. Wanjiku Sanderson and Shilliam explain all to Maraea Rakuraku.

Tanemahuta Gray has high hopes for Kowhiti, the inaugural contemporary Māori Dance festival he's co-created with his sister Merenia Gray, which kicks of at Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington on 24 June. Until then, his focus is on the performances of his students at the Erupt Festival in Taupo and another trip to China, as he details to Maraea Rakuraku.

The grounding Jerry Banse, nō Hamoa, and Turei Reedy, nō Ngāti Pōrou, got as composers for the Māori theatre group Te Rakau Hua o te Wao Tapu in the early 1990s, really set the pathway when it came to creating live music - skills they've been able to transfer to their current collaboration as members of the band Soul Paua. They talk with Justine Murray about their recent performances at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada and share their thoughts on the current New Zealand music scene.

Maurice Banse, Turei Reedy and Jerry Banse perform acoustic version of Ua Marama Koe.

Soul Paua