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AEIOU
AEIOU
Moana and the Moahunters
Law graduate, documentary director and onetime...
Kiwi Songbirds
A salute to the women of New Zealand music – the songs...
The Matariki Collection
A selection of iconic Māori TV, film and music video for...
Stormy Weather
Another music video featuring Teremoana Rapley
Tahi
More from the Moahunters
Making Music - Moana Maniapoto
Moana talks about making music
Chains
Another music video directed by Kerry Brown
Best of Me
More bilingual music making
Ihimaera
Includes more music from Teremoana Rapley
Wise Women and Song
Moana Maniapoto features in this documentary
Loyal
Another music video directed by Kerry Brown
Mo' Show - Mo' Show in Jamaica
MC OJ and the Rhythm Slave went on to make this TV series
Poi E
Dalvanius was an early influence on Moana
Wandering Eye
Mark Williams from MC OJ and the Rhythm Slave directed...
Nature
More early 90s digital effects in this music video
Money Worries
MC OJ and the Rhythm Slave music video
Mai Time - Final Episode
More groundbreaking te reo in pop culture
Ka Haku Au - A Poet's Lament
Documentary on legendary composer Kohine Whakarua Ponika
Uenuku
The first TV drama to be performed in te reo
Mai FM - It's Cool to Kōrero
Documentary on radio station Mai FM
He Tohunga Whakairo
Maniapoto co-directed and researched He Tohunga Whakairo
Guarding the Family Silver
Documentary fronted by Moana
Let My Whakapapa Speak
Documentary on the Kohanga Reo movement
The Bridge
More music in te reo
To Sir with Love
Track from a fellow Southside Records act
Weekly Review No. 446
NFU newsreel featuring the moa hunters
Feel Inside (and stuff like that)
Moana sings on this charity single
Poi E: The Story of Our Song
Documentary about a te reo number one
McDonald's Young Entertainers - 1999 Grand Final
The Super Troopers dance to AEIOU
Treaty
Moana sings about the Treaty of Waitangi
50 Years of New Zealand Television: 3 - Let Us Entertain You
This video is discussed in this documentary
This was the first music video funded by New Zealand on Air. The song is a colourful plea for Māori youth to preserve their culture by learning the reo — it also doubles as a handy guide to Māori pronunciation. Director Kerry Brown created vibrant animated backgrounds to match the song’s hip-hop beats. The cameo appearances include Moana Maniapoto’s father, MC OJ and the Rhythm Slave, Mika and various crew members. The Moahunters were Mina Ripia (who went on to her own act Wai) and Teremoana Rapley (from Upper Hutt Posse, who went on to manage King Kapisi).
Key Cast & Crew
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to Moana and Sol De Sully for the use of this title.
Made with funding from NZ On Air