The Mauri Hikitia Explained

The Mauri Hikitia is a various artists album released in 1981. It reached no 4 on the New Zealand charts.^[1] It features Rhonda, Ken Kincaid, Deane Waretini, and the Lightwood family.^[2]

Background

The album was represented by various Maori artists / musicians who came together to support the Mount Smart Stadium project.^[3] The term Mauri Hikitia comes from George Tait, a cultural organiser and composer.^[4] Tait wrote the words to The Bridge, which was a number 1 hit for Deane Waretini.^[5]

As a new arrival to the charts, it was no 7 by 24 May 1981.^[6] By 14 June, it was at no 4,^[7] and by 21 June it had dropped one to position 5.^[8]

Artists and production

It was recorded at Mandrill Recording Studios in Auckland.^[9]

Rhonda was a well known Maori entertainer and recording artist, who died in 2007.^{[10] [11]} Ken Kincaid had a single "Easy" released on CBS BA 222834. The B side of the single, "Song For Home" aka "Now Is The Hour" is from this compilation.^{[12] [13] [14]} The following year, Kincaid had another CBS single which wasn't connected to the album.^[15] Deane Waretini had been around since the early 1970s, and prior to his hit with "The Bridge" in 1981,^[16] he had already had two singles released on the Tony McCarthy Recordings label. The first was in 1972,^{[17] [18]} and the second the following year.^[19]

The album

+ Epic ELPS 4192 (CBS)

+ 1981
Artist	Title	Composer	Time
The Lightwood Family	"You Are My Sunshine"	Davis, Mitchell
Rhonda	"Pokarekare Ana"	P.H. Tomoana
Ken Kincaid	Songs of home : "Now Is the Hour""	trad.; arr. Eddie Low
Tri Lites	"Your love controls"	B. McCracken, A. Cunningham
Tri Lites	"Cupid"	Cooke
Tri Lites	"Let It Be Me"	Curtis, Delande, Becaud
Rhonda	"Waiheke"	Waikiki, Cummings
Lightwood Family	"Blue Moon"	Rogers, Hart
Deane Waretini	"All Those Nights"	Sharon O'Neill
Lightwood Family	"Let Me Be There"	Rostill
Deane Waretini	"Growing Old	Brian Holiday

^{[20] [21]}

Notes and References

1. The Official NZ Music Charts 14 June 1981, CHART #287, Top 10 Compilation
2. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Object: The Mauri Hikitia Album
3. National Library of New Zealand The Mauri Hikitia album (sound recording) / various artists.
4. The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero Catalogue → 45578, Te puna wai kōrero. 12 December 1981
5. The New Zealand Herald – Monday Mar 30, 2009 You must remember this, Deane Waretini – The Bridge – By Alan Perrott
6. The Official NZ Music Charts 24 May 1981, CHART #284, Top 10 Compilations
7. The Official NZ Music Charts 14 June 1981, CHART #287, Top 10 Compilation
8. The Official NZ Music Charts 21 June 1981, CHART #288, Top 10 Compilations
9. National Library of New Zealand The Mauri Hikitia album (sound recording) / various artists.
10. The Dominion Post, 05/10/2007 Show-stopping 'Queen of the South Pacific' dies
11. Manawa – Pacific Heartbeat: A Celebration of Contemporary Maori and Northwest Coast Art, Nigel Reading, Gary Wyatt Page 16
12. The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero Catalogue → 18487, Easy
13. New Zealand Records The Ken Kincaid Single 'Easy'
14. National Library of New Zealand Easy, arr. (and performed by) Ken Kincaid. Songs of home (Now is the hour) / trad.; (performed by) Ken Kincaid.
15. 45cat Ken Kincaid – Discography
16. New Zealand Herald, Saturday, 25 July 2015 Songs that took Te Reo into the Pop Charts, Deane Waretini – The Bridge
17. Te Ao Hou The Maori Magazine Number 72 Page 49 People and Places, New Dean Waretini
18. Discogs Deane Waretini (2) – Trouble In My Life
19. The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Catalogue → 20866, Melody Butterfly
20. National Library of New Zealand Catalogue The Mauri Hikitia album
21. National Library of New Zealand Easy, arr. (and performed by) Ken Kincaid. Songs of home (Now is the hour) / trad.; (performed by) Ken Kincaid.