Hinamarama by Maisey Rika

Nau mai ki te wānanga o Hinamarama
traditional narratives pertaining to the phases of the moon - the Māori
environmental calendar system which draws on tohu, taiao huarere, moana ,whenua, kararehe, kai gathering, sea and land connection to emotions

He whakatō kākāno

“I roto i te pōuri te Maramataka e whiti ana”
(Mana Marama)

Journey through each waiata to hear the transition from raw versions to musically produced mastered tracks.
Mutuwhenua o te Ono ō Whitiānaunau - Time of transition...ko tō manawa ora, ko tōku manawa ora, Tīhei Mauriora!

Tracklist

1.	Hinamarama (Karakia)	1:33

2.	Whiro	3:56

3.	Te Paewai o te Rangi	3:38

4.	Tūpurupuru (Karakia)	0:56

5.	Tamatea	4:15

6.	Noho Ngāwari noa	4:11

7.	Hinamarama	4:24

8.	Korekore	3:46

9.	Ngā wai ō roto	4:12

10.	Whiro (raw acoustic)	3:54

11.	Te Paewai o te Rangi (raw acoustic)	3:41

12.	Tamatea (raw a cappella)	2:11

13.	Noho Ngāwari noa (raw acoustic)	3:35

14.	Hinamarama (raw acoustic)	4:03

15.	Korekore (raw acoustic)	3:42

16.	Ngā wai ō roto (raw acoustic)	3:48

Credits

released December 11, 2023

Tuia ki te rangi
Tuia ki te whenua
Tuia ki te moana
E rongo te pō
E rongo te ao
Tīhei Māuri Ora!

Mihimihi:
Living by the Moon -The late Wiremu Tāwhai
Living by the Stars - Prof Rangi Matamua
Kōrero tuku iho - Rikki Solomon
Expertise of Hani Totorewa - Nga Mata o te Marama
Hauora akoako - Mana Marama and Maramataka Mum (Te Rina & Erica Ransfield)
My beautiful niece Hinamarama for inspiring the album title and my darling son Te Rehita, the reason we do what we do - te apōpō
Inspiration from Maramataka Māori - Living by the Narratives

Mihi nui ki a Toi Aotearoa - Creative NZ mo te pūtea tautoko
Music Producers:
Tipene Harmer, Tenei Kesha - Whiro
Hani Totorewa - Te Paewai o te Rangi
Tipene Harmer - Tamatea
Huia Hamon - Noho Ngāwari Noa
Troy Kingi - Hinamarama
Kings - Korekore
Brandon Haru - Ngā wai ō roto

Horomona Horo and James Webster for their Taonga pūoro mastery
Jeremy Mayall and Kog Studios for Mastering
Damian Lunson - engineering on Te Paewai o te Rangi
My Band - Hoea for all the tautoko
Tyna Keelan - guitaring wizardry
Erena Koopu and Makarini Solomon from Toihoukura for their artistic creative eyes - album cover art
Shae Sterling - album cover photo

First Nation Music Aotearoa and DRM NZ for Distribution

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