Be part of something special as musician Anika Moa (Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri) opens her creative process and invites the audience to be part of conceiving, writing and performing an entirely original waiata in just 60 minutes.

The audience gives Anika the genre and a key lyric. The timer starts, and Anika goes to work.

Bring your taonga puoro, bring your voices to be part of a doo-wop chorus, bring your hands to give Anika a hand-clap backing beat or simply sit back and watch the magic unfold.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity for a performing taonga to open the curtains to the writing process in a way that few people will ever get the chance to see.

Whai wāhi mai ki tētahi kaupapa motuhake, i te ringa puoro, i a Anika Moa (Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri) ka whakawātea ake i tana tukanga auaha, ka rāhiri ai i te whakaminenga kia whai wāhi atu ki te whanaketanga o tētahi waiata taketake katoa, mai anō i te whakaaro, ki te tuhi, ki te waiatatanga anō hoki, ka mutu,ka tutuki te katoa i te 60 meneti noa iho.

Mā te whakaminenga te momo waiata me t/ētahi kupu matua etuku ki a Anika. Ka tīmata te ine-wā, ka kotahi atu a Anika ki tāna mahi.

Haria mai ō taonga puoro, tukuna tō reo hei wāhi nō tētahi tira waiata doo-wop, ko ō ringa hei āwhina i a Anika mā te paki i te taki, māna, kia tā noa tō manawa, ka mātaki ai koe i ngā mahi whakamīharo ka rere.

Kei mahue koe i tēnei ara whai hua motuhake e huraina ai e tētahi o ō tātou tino taonga whakangahau tētahi tukanga tito – he āhuatanga me uaua ka rangona e te nuinga.

Part of the He Ahi Kei Taku Korokoro curation by Michael and Matariki Bennett.