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After spending four great weeks in New Zealand , I am in the phase of preparing some presentations with all the photos I took and I need good music Can you give me any ideas about New Zealand traditional music , folk , Maori... Thank you !!!!!!
Haha, I see the selection of this kind of music I sent you was indeed not great :-) I have a CD called "An Hour of Maori Favourites". Apart from Pokarekare Ana you find other favourites on it like Hoki Mai, He Wawaia/Po Atarau, Poi E, etc. More titles are: Waikaremoana, E Toru Matou, Te Rangipi Tenei, E Pari Ra, Whakaria Mai, Maranga Mai. Just listen into those songs and decide what and if you like them. If you look for CD's you can also search those album titles: Maori Love Songs Maori Action Songs Aotearoa - The Maoris of New Zealand (The word Maoris with s at the end does not exist though...) Pokarekare Ana - Favourite Maori Songs
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Hayley Westenra, maybe? Especially her first CD, "Pure", which also has a few Maori songs. A very young singer - she was 17 when she recorded it - with a natural soprano voice as pure as clear water.
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Thank you for your information . I always like to receive news from Kimi Thank you for all the information you are giving to us , in fact Hayley Westenra and Kiri Te Kawana are both greats as both of them have beautiful Maori songs and we will continue investigating What we do not find easily is non Maori traditional New Zealand music Thank you again
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This is perhaps because non-Maori time has only started less than 200 years ago, and at the start most people came from England. So no really old NZ folk music exists, just some country music which I do not consider as traditional folk music. Such country music is from The Warratahs: http://www.warratahs.co.nz/ Mama still thinks Dave Dobbyn is the Greatest ;-))) I asked our Kiwi Papa, he considers Maori music our folk music.
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Neil Finn is a great songster, along with those already mentioned. ANd for humour, the music of "Flight of the Conchords" is a favourite of mine. Very very kiwiana :-) For the greatest ever kiwi folk song I'd have to say any kiwi recordings of "Ten Guitars" - not a kiwi written song but certainly a kiwi embraced song. John Rowles is a Maori singer who has always taken his Kiwi heritage to the world. I love his deep voice.
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I suggest finding a copy of the New Zealand national anthem. It's often sung in equal parts English and Maori, and although the English version is very boring the Maori version sounds quite interesting. Alternately, you could try using the music of a kiwi singer like Bic Runga as your background music. Good luck! :)
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bookmark to when I have ITunes turned on.
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I am sending you an small movie I prepared after my visit to the White Island in New Zealand I hope you will like it "White Island" - White Island Video by elpariente
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