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Kua Makona

Moana , Music Video – 1987

from the album Tahi (1993)
[Moana Maniapoto] released 'Kua Makona' which had surfed the charts to remind us of the evils of alcohol in the wellbeing of whānau and our personal lives.
– Barrister Annette Sykes, in a speech at the Māori Law Society's annual conference, September 2015
I think it was pretty ambitious singing in Māori in those days.
– Moana Maniapoto on 'Kua Makona', The Spinoff, 8 June 2019
Dalvanius here. I’ve decided we need more Māori women singers. There’s far too many men. I want you to record this next song.
– Moana Maniapoto remembers the phone call that led to her singing 'Kua Makona', E-Tangata, 23 July 2016