Ihimaera

It's taken me somewhere else, somewhere I've never been before. And I like being taken to other places.

– Witi Ihimaera in a 26 February 2011 NZ Herald preview of the show, by William Dart

I'd go to him and ask for a love poem, something short. Or tell him that we didn't have anything dark enough, because that's an aspect of his writing. Or can we have something more acerbic and abrasive.

– Charlotte Yates on making sure Witi Ihimaera covered all the colours of the rainbow, NZ Herald 26 February 2011

When you get the layerings and the vastness of electronic working with the simplicities of taonga puoro and adding words of wisdom, it’s a been a great fruition.

– Composer Horomona Horo