Aloha - Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar

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Rootstime production presents Kalani Kealoha's smooth “lover’s rock” style vocals and the sweet Hawaiian Lap-Steel guitar of legendary Hawaiian musician, Greg Sardina on this cut from the iDrop Riddim (Various Artists) album. This unique combination of lap-steel guitar over the roots reggae iDrop Riddim combine for a timeless classic sound that could only come from Hawaii.

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Toitū te reo is a waiata that celebrates the beauty and depth contained in the unique taonga of te reo Māori. This song acknowledges te reo as one of the foundations to our identity as Māori, and celebrates the different characteristics of dialects pertaining to different iwi. It speaks of the wisdom passed down from our ancestors, the layers of meanings te reo encompasses and encourages us to preserve te reo as a precious treasure.

He tina ki runga, he tāmore ki raro

Anei mātou ko te iwi Māori
e tū ake nei
ki te hāpai i te kaupapa o te rangi
Toitū te reo

Ko te iti kahurangi
Ko ngā mita o ngā iwi
Ngā kupu o ngā whakataukī
Ko te reo

Kei raro i te tarutaru te tuhi o ngā tipuna
Tūhuratia i tua i te mata
He pounamu kanohi maha

Toitū Te Reo

Call It What You Like

Ku Ka Oli'oli I Na Moku

Iz In Concert

White Sandy Beach

Pilialoha

Ka Maui

Vantage Point

So Bright

We are members of the Tikao whānau from Banks Peninsula and Ōtautahi. These waiata were recorded with funding support from the Ngāi Tahu fund, by the wonderful Bob Bickerton at his studio in Nelson. He mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. The art work on this site is titled 'Te Kore' [detail] and was done by Tony Tikao.

Toitū Te Reo

Tikao Whānau

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