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The Mauri Hikitia

1981 compilation album by Various

The Mauri Hikitia is a various artists album released in 1981. It reached no 4 on the New Zealand charts.[1] It features Rhonda, Ken Kincaid, Deane Waretini, and the Lightwood family.[2]

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Background

The album was represented by various Maori artists / musicians who came together to support the Mount Smart Stadium project.[3] The term Mauri Hikitia comes from George Tait, a cultural organiser and composer.[4] Tait wrote the words to The Bridge, which was a number 1 hit for Deane Waretini.[5]

As a new arrival to the charts, it was no 7 by 24 May 1981.[6] By 14 June, it was at no 4,[7] and by 21 June it had dropped one to position 5.[8]

Artists and production

It was recorded at Mandrill Recording Studios in Auckland.[9]

Rhonda was a well known Maori entertainer and recording artist, who died in 2007.[10][11] Ken Kincaid had a single "Easy" released on CBS BA 222834. The B side of the single, "Song For Home" aka "Now Is The Hour" is from this compilation.[12][13][14] The following year, Kincaid had another CBS single which wasn't connected to the album.[15] Deane Waretini had been around since the early 1970s, and prior to his hit with "The Bridge" in 1981,[16] he had already had two singles released on the Tony McCarthy Recordings label. The first was in 1972,[17][18] and the second the following year.[19]

The album

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References

  1. [1]
    The Official NZ Music Charts 14 June 1981, CHART #287, Top 10 Compilation
  2. [2]
    Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Object: The Mauri Hikitia Album
  3. [3]
    National Library of New Zealand The Mauri Hikitia album (sound recording) / various artists.
  4. [4]
    The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero Catalogue → 45578, Te puna wai kōrero. 12 December 1981
  5. [5]
    The New Zealand Herald – Monday Mar 30, 2009 You must remember this, Deane Waretini – The Bridge – By Alan Perrott
  6. [6]
    The Official NZ Music Charts 24 May 1981, CHART #284, Top 10 Compilations
  7. [7]
    The Official NZ Music Charts 14 June 1981, CHART #287, Top 10 Compilation
  8. [8]
    The Official NZ Music Charts 21 June 1981, CHART #288, Top 10 Compilations
  9. [9]
    National Library of New Zealand The Mauri Hikitia album (sound recording) / various artists.
  10. [10]
    The Dominion Post, 05/10/2007 Show-stopping 'Queen of the South Pacific' dies
  11. [11]
    Manawa – Pacific Heartbeat: A Celebration of Contemporary Maori and Northwest Coast Art, Nigel Reading, Gary Wyatt Page 16
  12. [12]
    The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero Catalogue → 18487, Easy
  13. [13]
    New Zealand Records The Ken Kincaid Single 'Easy'
  14. [14]
    National Library of New Zealand Easy, arr. (and performed by) Ken Kincaid. Songs of home (Now is the hour) / trad. ; (performed by) Ken Kincaid.[permanent dead link]
  15. [15]
    45cat Ken Kincaid – Discography
  16. [16]
    New Zealand Herald, Saturday, 25 July 2015 Songs that took Te Reo into the Pop Charts, Deane Waretini – The Bridge
  17. [17]
    Te Ao Hou The Maori Magazine Number 72 Page 49 People and Places, New Dean Waretini
  18. [18]
    Discogs Deane Waretini (2) – Trouble In My Life
  19. [19]
    The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Catalogue → 20866, Melody Butterfly
  20. [20]
    National Library of New Zealand Catalogue The Mauri Hikitia album[permanent dead link]
  21. [21]
    National Library of New Zealand Easy, arr. (and performed by) Ken Kincaid. Songs of home (Now is the hour) / trad. ; (performed by) Ken Kincaid.[permanent dead link]
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