MEDIA RELEASE – 1 June 2011
Waiata Māori Music Awards
Kāre i ārikarika ngā mihi a Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Inc. ki a Tama Huata rātau ko ngā kaiwhakahaere o te kaupapa nei a
‘Waiata Māori Music Awards’. Inapō i whakarewaina te pukapuka hou a Waiata Māori Music Magazine hei whakanui i ā tātau
kaiwaiata Māori, kaitito waiata Māori anō hoki. Ka nui hoki te mihi ki te hunga i tae mai inapō ki te tautoko, arā ki te
whakatinana i te wawata nei kia tāruahia he pukapuka hou hei whakaatu atu i ā tātau kaiwaiata Māori, kaitito waiata
Māori hoki me ā rātau mahi. Nō reira ka rere tēnei mihi nui ki a koutou i tautoko mai - kaumātua mai, pakeke mai, tamariki mai, mokopuna mai, kaiwaiata mai, kaitito waiata mai! Me kore ake koutou te hunga kaiwhakaere i puta ai tēnei pukapuka hou! Kia ora koutou katoa!
Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated congratulates the organizers of the ‘Waiata Māori Music Awards’. Last night, Executive
Director Tama Huata and his team launched the first issue of the new ‘Waiata Māori Music Magazine’. The magazine is a
biannual publication aiming to capture the momentum created from the annual Waiata Māori Awards.
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