APRA will honour the
contribution Moana
Maniapoto has made to music in Aotearoa when she is inducted
into the New Zealand
Music Hallof
Fame at the 2016
APRA Silver Scroll Awards.
The New Zealand Music
Hall of Fame pays tribute to songwriters, musicians and acts
that have made a significant impact on life and culture through their music.
Regarded as one of our most significant voices, Moana Maniapoto (Ngāti
Tūwharetoa/Tūhourangi-Ngāti Wahiao) has been at the beating heart of the
nation’s music scene for four decades.
A trailblazer and a self-confessed “political junkie” who has never shied away
from pushing boundaries, she first rose to mainstream prominence in 1987 when Moana and the Moahunters released the song
Kua
Makona, blending the traditional with the
contemporary.
The Invercargill-born singer-songwriter went on to form
Moana and the Tribe in
the early 2000s, shaping a unique fusion of waiata, haka and
electronic-flavoured soul.
Since then, Moana
Maniapoto and her band have played at hundreds of festivals and
concerts around the globe. Their performances have been met with critical
acclaim, helping to establish her and her music as one of New Zealand’s
greatest musical exports.
It’s a reputation only strengthened by countless accolades and awards,
including in 2004, when Moana
Maniapoto was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of
Merit. In 2005 she was made a Life Time Recipient of the Tohu Mahi Hou a Te
Waka Toi Award acknowledging her leadership and contribution to Maori art. And
in 2008, she received a Music Industry Award at the Maori Waiata Awards for her
positive contribution to Maori Music.
Moana Maniapoto continues to make music and perform in every corner of the globe. Her fifth
album
Rima,
produced by electronica whizz Paddy Free, was a finalist at all three major
music awards in 2015 and named a Top of the World Album (Songlines UK).
The singer-songwriter has never rested on her laurels and continues to push
boundaries through her music and contribution to New Zealand society. She is
currently planning an ambitious international recording collaboration
Ono with female
musicians from Canada, Scotland, Norway and Korea. And when she’s not on stage
or making new music, she’s a documentary maker, a feature writer and an
in-demand speaker at events around the world.
“Her achievements, which continue today, as an award winning writer, artist,
film-maker, band member and activist, are many and varied – but the unifying
strand that runs through all of them is music,” says Anthony Healey, Head of NZ
Operations for APRA AMCOS. “She has shown people here that music is a language
to unify, educate, advocate, understand, inspire, comfort and forgive – and she
has taken that message around the world, leading the way for artists
everywhere, encouraging and empowering them to do the same”.
The New Zealand Music Hall of Fame was created by APRA AMCOS and Recorded Music
NZ in 2007, and has so far paid tribute to Jordan Luck, Johnny Devlin, The Topp
Twins,
Straitjacket Fits, Hirini Melbourne & Richard Nunns, Ray Columbus
& The Invaders,
The Fourmyula,
Shihad,
Hello Sailor,
Dragon,
Herbs, Toy
Love, Dave Dobbyn,
Shona Laing,
Douglas Lilburn,
Supergroove,
Bill Sevesi and
The Exponents.
Moana will be inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards at Vector Arena in Auckland on Thursday,
September 29.
RNZ Checkpoint host John Campbell is MC’ing this year’s ceremony, which will also be televised live thanks to a
partnership between APRA
AMCOS and RNZ.
It will be broadcast free-to-air by RNZ on Freeview Channel 50.
There will also be a live video stream of the ceremony on RNZ’s newly updated
website
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