May 15, 2023
Whanaunga update tune for Waiata Anthems
Reggae artist and 2011 Homai Te Pakipaki winner Chad ‘Boogieman’ Chambers and his whanaunga Aataakura Pewhairangi have teamed up for the Waiata Anthems’ New Zealand Music Month drop.
Kei Pōhēhē was originally written by Pewhairangi in 2013 for a music segment in the rangatahi focused programme Pukana.
Chambers says updating the waiata was a fun project.
“When two whanau members get to collab and get what we love to do, what else – e kore nga kupu me ki eh,” he says.
Waiata Anthems will release six waiata this month, with further drops in July for Matariki and September for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.