Sunday, 18 August 2013

Ma te mahanga o nga tae, He Rangianiwaniwa

From the many colours, there is a rainbow.

This week’s whakatāuki explained by Tama Waipara nō Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Ruapani

Tuini Moetu Haangu Ngawai (1910-1965) wrote a few hundred songs in her lifetime, tonight part two of a documentary produced by Paul Diamond focuses on songs from the shearing sheds.

Shaqaila Uelese plays piano two days a week at Wellington hospital.

Talented pianist Shaqaila Uelese (Ngāti Kahungunu, Samoa) has a few regular patients who request songs while she plays the piano at Wellington Hospital. Last year, Shaqaila played at Cranford Hospice in Hastings where her father lived before he died from a rare form of cancer. Shaqaila has used the experience to share her music with patients, and is taking it a step further by organising a piano marathon, she has a chat with Justine Murray.

In the archival segment Nga Tāonga Korero, Henare Te Ua (1934 - 2007) interviews Dr Richard Nunns at his home in Nelson about the resurgence of Tāonga Puoro.

Waiata featured:    ‘Misty’ performed by Johnny Mathis from the album 16 Most requested songs (1986); ‘Raukatauri remix’ performed by Richard Nunns and Hirini Melbourne from the album Iwi Hit Disc 21 (2007). ‘Misty’ and ‘Pilot’ performed by Shaqaila Uelese; Nga Waiata a Tuini Ngawai.