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Te Arohanui is the sixth studio album by New Zealand recording artist Stan Walker. It is Walker's first in te reo Māori and released on 17 September 2021 by Sony Music New Zealand and features a combination of Walker's greatest hits re-recorded in te reo Māori and several new tracks.[4] The album was announced on 31 August 2021 and is dedicated to his late grandmother.[5][4][6]
In an interview with Newshub, Walker said now is "the perfect time" to release a Te Reo record, saying "It was always meant to be. It happened at a time where there's a shift within the people, within everybody who calls Aotearoa home. Music is the most powerful gift and tool that we have. I feel like our reo is like poetry and waiata. It's something that teaches, educates, heals, uplifts, breaks down and gives people permission to feel in ways that they couldn't feel. Our reo, equally, does the same thing for me. I think it's a powerful time to release reo Māori waiata."[4]
The album title is in honour of his family matriarch, Te Arohanui McLeod (nee Nepia), affectionately known as "Nanny Taini".[7]
- ^ "Tau Te Marire - single". Apple Music. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Matemateāone - single". Apple Music. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Music News - Stan Walker celebrates the release of his first ever Reo Māori album 'Te Arohanui'". muzic.net.nz. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Stan Walker to release te reo Māori album Te Arohanui, dedicated to his late grandmother". Newshub. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ "Ata mārie e te iwi…". Facebook. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ "Next Friday, September 17th my album Te Arohanui will be out ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
I have a new waiata coming out this Friday!!! One of my favourite waiata from this album too… I just wanna show you now hahahaha
Stayed tuned for this Friday e te whānau 😁😁😁". Instagram. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021. - ^ "Stan Walker to release first reo Māori album". www.teaomaori.news. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.