The Mauri Hikitia is a various artists album released in 1981. It reached no 4 on the New Zealand charts.The Official NZ Music Charts 14 June 1981, CHART #287, Top 10 Compilation It features Rhonda, Ken Kincaid, Deane Waretini, and the Lightwood family.Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Object: The Mauri Hikitia Album
Background The album was represented by various Maori artists / musicians who came together to support the Mount Smart Stadium project.National Library of New Zealand The Mauri Hikitia album (sound recording) / various artists. The term Mauri Hikitia comes from George Tait, a cultural organiser and composer.The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero Catalogue → 45578, Te puna wai kōrero. 12 December 1981 Tait wrote the words to The Bridge, which was a number 1 hit for Deane Waretini.The New Zealand Herald – Monday Mar 30, 2009 You must remember this, Deane Waretini – The Bridge – By Alan Perrott
As a new arrival to the charts, it was no 7 by 24 May 1981.The Official NZ Music Charts 24 May 1981, CHART #284, Top 10 Compilations By 14 June, it was at no 4,The Official NZ Music Charts 14 June 1981, CHART #287, Top 10 Compilation and by 21 June it had dropped one to position 5.The Official NZ Music Charts 21 June 1981, CHART #288, Top 10 Compilations
Artists and production It was recorded at Mandrill Recording Studios in Auckland.National Library of New Zealand The Mauri Hikitia album (sound recording) / various artists.
Rhonda was a well known Maori entertainer and recording artist, who died in 2007.The Dominion Post, 05/10/2007 Show-stopping 'Queen of the South Pacific' diesManawa – Pacific Heartbeat: A Celebration of Contemporary Maori and Northwest Coast Art, Nigel Reading, Gary Wyatt Page 16 Ken Kincaid had a single "Easy" released on CBS BA 222834. The B side of the single, "Song For Home" "Now Is The Hour" is from this compilation.The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero Catalogue → 18487, EasyNew Zealand Records The Ken Kincaid Single 'Easy'National Library of New Zealand Easy, arr. (and performed by) Ken Kincaid. Songs of home (Now is the hour) / trad.; (performed by) Ken Kincaid. The following year, Kincaid had another CBS single which wasn't connected to the album.45cat Ken Kincaid – Discography Deane Waretini had been around since the early 1970s, and prior to his hit with "The Bridge" in 1981,New Zealand Herald, Saturday, 25 July 2015 Songs that took Te Reo into the Pop Charts, Deane Waretini – The Bridge he had already had two singles released on the Tony McCarthy Recordings label. The first was in 1972,Te Ao Hou The Maori Magazine Number 72 Page 49 People and Places, New Dean WaretiniDiscogs Deane Waretini (2) – Trouble In My Life and the second the following year.The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Catalogue → 20866, Melody Butterfly
The album + The Mauri Hikitia+ Epic ELPS 4192 (CBS)+ 1981 Artist Title Composer Time The Lightwood Family "You Are My Sunshine" Davis, Mitchell Rhonda "Pokarekare Ana" P.H. Tomoana Ken Kincaid Songs of home : "Now Is the Hour"" trad.; arr. Eddie Low Tri Lites "Your love controls" B. McCracken, A. Cunningham Tri Lites "Cupid" Cooke Tri Lites "Let It Be Me" Curtis, Delande, Becaud Rhonda "Waiheke" Waikiki, Cummings Lightwood Family "Blue Moon" Rogers, Hart Deane Waretini "All Those Nights" Sharon O'Neill Lightwood Family "Let Me Be There" Rostill Deane Waretini "Growing Old Brian Holiday National Library of New Zealand Catalogue The Mauri Hikitia albumNational Library of New Zealand Easy, arr. (and performed by) Ken Kincaid. Songs of home (Now is the hour) / trad.; (performed by) Ken Kincaid.
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