Greatsouth by Greatsouth

The Greatsouth project is about reclaiming the narrative, as well as telling our true histories and stories here in South Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Great South Road was a road built for conquest, a supply route to invade the Waikato during the Waikato Wars in the 1860s. The roll
-on effects of the invasion and resulting land loss left Māori
communities impoverished, second class citizens in their own country.

I find it bittersweet that today the road is a hot bed for Māori, and
many other diverse cultures and communities, commonly just referred to as Great South.

The songs in this project shed light on the whakapapa of the road in one way or another and pays homage to working class
Aotearoa.

Land back.
Mauri ora e te iwi!

Māori alt rock from South Auckland

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