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Music, Kapa Haka, Te Taumata o Apanui - that’s my world.

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‘E ara ki Te Toi-o-nga-rangi! Mahau Ricky Lee’ - Te tihi o te maunga tito 2026 - Te Tapuni ✨🕊️❤️‍🔥

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“E araaa….” e te TOA o Te Tihi o Te Maunga Tito. 💛@robruhamusic @taumataoapanui ko koe, ko au, ko kotou, ko mātou, ko tātou. Kaleeeg whānau, weeetiweti!! Me te whakahīhī hoki o tēnei whānau ōu 🥹 Kāre i tua atu, kāre i tua mai 💪🏾

@hinurewa @te_whare_haka_o_te_puku, ngā tini whanaunga nō te puku, nō te Tairāwhiti tonu 👀 ka nui anō hoki te mihi🫶🏽

@corellamusic ka mau kē te wehi!! Nau mai, haramai ki tō Kapa 👀🤣🤣

@mohihinewehi, e te tuhi mareikura - mei kore ake koe e noho ai ko tēnei tohu hai kaupapa whakameremere mā tātou, hai kaupapa whakanui i ngā mahi a Rehia. Ka nui te aroha ki a koe, otira ki tō kapa o @apraamcosnz ❤️

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📣 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR TE TIHI O TE MAUNGA TITO WINNER - ROB RUHA 📣

Rob Ruha wins Te Tihi o te Maunga Tito for their waiata 'Te Tapuni', performed by Te Taumata o Apanui (TOA).

🎶 LISTEN - to all winning and nominated works, including 'Te Tapuni', via the link in bio.

✨ THANKS - @te_mangai_paho, @nz_on_air + @mitacreativenz.

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He ra whakahirahira tenei! As APRA celebrates 100 years of recognising excellence in music and songwriting, we are proud to see kapa haka songwriting recognised on this year’s awards stage for the very first time.

Te Tihi o te Maunga Tito Kapa Haka Songwriting Award - Finalists for ‘Te Tapuni’ written by Rob Ruha, performed by Te Taumata o Apanui

He honore nui tenei, te tu i te taha o nga whanaunga o Whangara mai Tawhiti me Te Puku i tenei whiringa TOA. He taonga whakanui i nga taonga a nga matua tipuna, te haka, te reo, nga korero tuku iho me te auahatanga o a tatou kaitito waiata Maori.

We also celebrate our fellow finalists Troy Kingi, nominated for the APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka, and Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper, nominated for Best Original Music in a Series for Tangata Pai. Troy is an integral part of our TOA creative leadership, while TOA’s close relationship with Mahuia seen us collaborate on the Te Tapuni arrangement for our TOA x NZSO concert performance at the Aotearoa Arts Festival earlier this year.

Whakanuia i nga kaitito waiata o te tau - Join us in celebrating this special moment and tune in to tonight’s awards livestream!

Watch here: [https://linktr.ee/APRAAMCOSNZ?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=45c7eef9-cddf-46a3-950d-561448ac6cc0]

He taonga te waiata. He mana to te haka. He korero tuku iho enei mo ake tonu atu.

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📣 FINALIST SPOTLIGHT - Rob Ruha is nominated for Te Tihi o te Maunga Tito for their waiata, 'Te Tapuni', performed by Te Taumata o Apanui (TOA).

🎶 LISTEN - to all nominated works, including 'Te Tapuni', via the link in bio.

📹 WATCH - the Silver Scroll Awards | Kaitito Kaiaka livestream on Weds 14 October thanks to our pals at @rnznewzealand.

✨ THANKS - @te_mangai_paho, @nz_on_air + @mitacreativenz.

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Before the end of year @spotify lists come out, I thought it would be fun to see what you assume about me based on my auto played music.

I love all of these songs.

Please go in! Give me your most insane and hilarious assumptions about me based on these songs.

Here's the list to make life easier

So Good To Be You - @mama.duke
From Now On - The Greatest Showman
Flowers In The Water - @nathanevanss.ig
So Easy - @oliviadeano
Maumahara Noa Ahau - Brannigan Kaa
Rose-Colored Boy - @paramore
Red Wine Supernova - @chappellroan
La Bomba - @kingafricamusic
Dai Dai - @shakira & @burnaboygram
That's Where I'll Be - @robruhamusic

#smallbusiness #gettoknowme #music #assumptions #bundles

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Alliteration on the 'R' caught me out...
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#mahurumāori #mahuruchallenge #māori #waiata #tereomāori

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Most effective way for Maori roll voters to utilize our collective voting power 👆🏽

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TRIZAV MUSIC SHORTS “Season 2” starts today on my birthday featuring my kids ❤️
Got in touch with our Maori side and taught them a song that was taught to me back in 2003 by the original writer and singer, Brothah Rob Ruha. The song is called TE IHINGA. Stay tuned for more video collabs. ENJOY!
#maori #maoriculture #polynesian #musicreel #acoustic

*can you find the Samoan Easter egg? 😏

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As Te Wiki o te Reo Māori draws to a close tonight, and with the Bird of the Year 2026 winner announcement coming tomorrow - we'd love to share this beautiful piece performed by our tenors and basses during our 2024 concert: Whakarongo! A Choral Concert of Aotearoa Composers.
I Te Pō, by Rob Ruha, was written as a way to help process the grief of family members passing away.

Te piki kōtuku
kua riro atu rā
Kua rere atu rā koe ki ngā rangi i runga
Ki o rahi, ki o nui i te pō
Waiho mai au, mokemoke ai
- i te pō, i te pō

My precious white heron
That has been taken away
You have flown to the skies above
To your loved ones in the night
Leaving me alone and lost
In the darkness
In the darkness....

The Kōtuku, or white heron, has long been revered in Māori culture as a taonga (treasure), a manu of deep cultural significance. The Kōtuku features in many legends, and its grace and pure white plumage set it apart from other birds. In Māori mythology, the Kōtuku is believed to be a messenger that inhabits the spirit land of Reinga, accompanying the wairua (spirit) of the deceased from earth to the stars. Further strengthening its association with the spiritual world, an old funeral chant concludes with the line: ‘Ko tō kotuku tō tapui, e Tama e, Kōtuku is now thy sole companion, O my son.’

#tewikiotereomāori #maorilanguageweek #choralmusic #choir #birdoftheyear

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Congratulations to the vast array of SOUNZ Composers recently named as finalists for the Silver Scroll Awards in Film, Series and Kapa Haka Categories. It's astounding to see the breadth of talent in Aotearoa's music industry, and how versatile our composers and songwriters are - ka rawe!

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