Makereti

from Matariki 2023 EP by Huia

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An adventurer of mixed ancestry walking both worlds, Makereti was a Māori wāhine who educated herself in the Western world, and (in Huia’s perspective) a visionary for mana wāhine who would follow in future generations. The tune, is big with deep electro haka basslines, but not your usual Māori guitar feel... this tune will feature in her next festival rounds, big stadium and forest festival vibes.

Makereti was written after Huia read ‘Makareti, The Old Times’ book at her māmās house in Rotorua. While reading, Makereti Papakuras persona would pop up repeatedly wherever Huia went, from Rotorua at whakarewarewa, to waiting rooms in Tāmaki Makaurau. While writing, Huia really felt the presence of this mana wāhine and it fueled her creativity to produced 2 new te reo Māori waiata.

Huias vocals sway from sweet silky lyrics with peaceful lines, to cranking bass lines and powerful delivery, where Huia sings of the 2 sides of her own life experience as Māori… that is - the sweet welcoming aroha of everyday life, love and connection, then the rising up of iwi when someone ‘brings their war’.

“Ko au, te Papakura, he ariki ahau”
“I am the (geyser) Papakura, I am the chosen one”
“Tenei te pāuaua o te iwi, wanawana te pūkana!”
“This is the resilience of the iwi, fierce is the pūkana!

The beat is by Aotearoa famous Rei, electro-haka-grooves and recorded, mixed and mastered at Kog Studio, Titirangi, Aotearoa (NZ).

For more check out www.iamhuia.com

lyrics

Makereti - Huia Hamon 2019

V1
Mā raro ka haere au ki tōku papa kāinga (I walk barefoot through my village)
Toitū te kotahitanga me te tikanga (Our oneness is strong and our ways)
Kāore he whakawehenga i konei (There is no division here)
Nōku te mana i ōku mātua (I have the mana of my parents)
He māia ahau (I am the gift for the future)

CH2
Ko au te Pōhutu, he ariki ahau (We are Pōhutu/ I am the chosen one)
Ko au te waiata mō te wāheke (We are the song of the future)
Ko au te Papakura, he ariki ahau (We are Papakura I am the chosen one)
Ko au te koha mō te wāheke (We are the gift for the future)

V2
Mēnā ki te haere mai tō pakanga (but if you bring your war to me)
E whanake ake te iwi! (the iwi will rise up)
Mā mātou koe e tapepe haere, e te manawa kiore x 2
(We will make you bend the knee till the last breathe x 2)

BR
Tenei te pāuaua o te iwi (This is the perseverance of us)
Wanawana te pūkana! (Fierce is the Pūkana) x 2
E rere ana te toto o te taiaha! (The flowing blood of the taiaha)
Wanawana te pūkana o te iwi Māori (Fierce is the Pūkana of the Māori)

CH2
Tātou te Pōhutu, he ariki ahau (We are Pohutu / I am the chosen one)
Tātou te waiata mō te wāheke (We are the song of the future)
Tātou te Papakura, he ariki ahau (We are Papakura I am the chosen one)
Tātou te koha mō te wāheke (We are the gift for the future)

For more go to www.iamhuia.com

credits

from Matariki 2023 EP, track released June 10, 2019
Beat by C.Rei. McDougall (aka @musicbyrei)
Recorded mixed and mastered at Kog by C Chetland - www.kog.co.nz
Distributed by DRM
Supported by Te Māngai Pāho - www.tmp.govt.nz

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Huia is a bilingual performer from
Aotearoa NZ, singing in both Māori and English. With electronic beats, organic percussion with live guitars and deep harmonies Huia has an easy sound with conscious lyrical content.

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