An interview with Tiki Taane

Expressing cultural heritage and identity through music

Authors

  • Oli Wilson Otago University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v15i2.21064

Keywords:

Popular Music, New Zealand, Māori, identity, Taonga pūoro, Kapa haka

Abstract

In this Riff article, Oli Wilson engages in a discussion with Tiki Taane, who is one of New Zealand's most successful and celebrated musicians. The interview explores and outlines the fluidity of contemporary musical representations of M?ori culture and identity in Taane's music, and provides new perspectives on popular music’s capacity to express indigeneity in a New Zealand context.

Author Biography

  • Oli Wilson, Otago University

    Oli Wilson is a Lecturer in the Department of Music at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where he teaches popular music studies and ethnomusicology. His main area of research is music in Oceania, and he specializes in the recording industry and popular music in Papua New Guinea.

References

Harper, Paul. 2012. ‘Maori Culture Increasing in Importance to NZers’. New Zealand Herald, March 15. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10792281 (accessed April 21, 2014).

Mitchell, Tony. 1998a. ‘He Waiata Na Aotearoa: Maori and Pacific Islander Music in Aotearoa/New Zealand’. In Sound Alliances, ed. Phil Hayward, 26–44. London: Cassel.

—1998b. ‘The Proud Project and the “Otara” Sound: Maori and Polynesian Pop in the Mid 1990s’. In Sound Alliances, ed. Phil Hayward, 158–74. London: Cassel.

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Published

2015-09-07

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2

Section

Articles

License

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How to Cite

Wilson, O. (2015). An interview with Tiki Taane: Expressing cultural heritage and identity through music. Perfect Beat, 15(2), 167-174. https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v15i2.21064