Iris Releases New Single - 'Don’t Wait Up'

Independent artist from New Zealand Iris releases her latest track 'Don’t Wait Up'. 'Don’t Wait Up' is the first single taken from her forthcoming second studio album.

Finalists Announced For 2020 Waiata Maori Music Awards

A blend of new and established talented artists make up the mix of this year’s finalists for the National Waiata Maori Music Awards.

NZ On Air And Te Mangai Paho Announce Waiata Takitahi – A New Single-Based Music Funding Round

Irirangi te Motu/NZ On Air and Te Mangai Paho are proud to announce their first official music funding collaboration, with the launch of Waiata Takitahi focused on songs featuring Te Reo Maori.

Stretch unveils new single 'I Know You've Been Bad' from forthcoming album 'Our Dreams Are Changing'

Singer/songwriter, Stretch is pleased to release his new gothic folk offering 'I Know You've Been Bad', the first from his forthcoming sophomore album 'Our Dreams Are Changing', due out on October 1st.

Splore, the mother of all first music programmes

Splore's predominantly female and gender diverse line-up is sure to hit the right chord at Splore Festival 2021.

Moana & the Tribe feat. Inka Mbing release new single 'Toku Reo'

Inka Mbing is the stunning guest vocalist on 'Toku Reo', a music collaboration with the singer from the Atayal tribe, one of 16 indigenous tribe in Taiwan.

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Sir Howard Morrison
Sir Howard Morrison was born in 1936 in Rotorua, the son of Maori All Black Tem Morrison. In 1955 Howard started putting together vocal groups to entertain at Rugby Club socials in Rotorua. At that stage he had been working as a surveyor's chainman and later as a meter reader for the Tourist Department. He was also playing rugby on the back of the scrum for Waikite.

Music was strictly part-time and he had received a little experience, mainly at Te Aute College and in various Maori cultural groups, show bands and concert parties. At that stage he had dreams of becoming a professional entertainer. In 1956 he became a member of the successful Aotearoa Concert Party that toured Australia. On his return, while attending a family gathering, he heard a guitarist Gerry Merito and decided to put together a group with him and also roped in his brother Laurie and his cousin John. The group was called the Ohinemutu Quartet, but soon after they were renamed to the Howard Morrison Quartet. This became the beginning of the most distinguished Show Business career of any New Zealander permanently based there.

The quartet began performing around Rotorua and before long bookings were coming in as word spread about this talented group. The group might never have strayed far from Rotorua had they not been spotted by Auckland entrepreneur Benny Levin in December 1957. He was putting together a group of artists to appear on his touring 'Pop Jamboree', and after seeing the boys at a talent quest, he signed them to be part of his show. He was so impressed with them that he started bringing them to Auckland to play at his venues there. With their reputation growing, Benny negotiated a recording contract with Eldred Stebbing at Zodiac.
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