ORO MĀIA

Aotearoa

Blending live music, poetry and performance, ORO MĀIA brings you poems by acclaimed American poet, storyteller and activist Dr Maya Angelou translated into te reo Māori.

Spoken, sung and scored by stand-out artists, Maisey Rika, Miriama McDowell, Mere Boynton, Erena Koopu, Tuakoi Ōhia and Maarire Brunning-Kouka, their powerful performances will take you on a journey through the words and worlds of discovery.

These wāhine toa invite you into their interpretations, revealing and resonating their frequencies of strength, humour, courage and wisdom – ORO MĀIA.

This concert features a captivating soundtrack of new music by Maarire Brunning Kouka (MĀ) interlacing contemporary soul, jazz and funk.

Experience the powerful translations of Dr. Maya Angelou’s poems by language warrior graduates from Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Māori Institute of Māori Language Excellence, featured in He kupu nā te māia from Kotahi Rau Pukapuka.

Immerse yourself in ORO MĀIA  – a soulful te Reo Māori tribute to the words of Dr. Maya Angelou.

ORO MĀIA - Koia ko te hanumitanga o te puoro, te toi kupu me te whakaari e whakatinana mai ai ngā ruri whakahirahira a Tākuta Maya Angelou ki te reo Māori.

He mea taki, he mea waiata e tētahi kāhui wāhine pūmanawa nui, he tohu aroha a ORO MĀIA ki te kaitoikupu rangatira i te reo Māori.  Nau mai, takahia tahitia mai te ara ki a Maisey Rika, rātou ko Miriama McDowell, ko Mere Boynton, ko Erena Koopu, ko Tuakoi Ōhia ko Maarire Brunning-Kouka, e para ana i tēnei ara o te kupu ki te ao mārama. E rere nei ko te reo pōhiri o ORO MĀIA ki te iwi, kia rāngona ai te kaha, o te paki, o te māia, me te mātau.

Kua wānangahia, kua whakakupuhia ngā whiti ātaahua nei ki te remurere me te matemateāone e ngā Ika-a-Whiro wāhine o Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Māori, e hua mai ai ko te whakaputanga o te pukapuka “He kupu nā te māia” a Kotahi Rau Pukapuka.