Kia Kaha Christchurch

9/03/2011 9:34:00 a.m.

Te Awhina Kaiwai-Wanikau with her teacher Zac Beard.

WHEN two music students at the immersion Maori language school Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Nga Mokopuna in Seatoun heard about the Christchurch earthquake, they wrote a song to offer some comfort to Cantabrians. Te Awhina Kaiwai-Wanikau, 15, and Manarangi Mua, 16, set lyrics of comfort and commiseration to the popular tune of DJ Sammy’s Heaven for their song Paeheretia.
“[The song title] basically translates to tragedy and loss. The beginning is more ‘you will get through it, and we’re all around to lend a hand’, and the ending is dedicated to those who have passed and those who lost family members,” says co-writer Kaiwai-Wanikau.
“Even though we’re not involved in what happened we’re still doing little things in order to help them with what they’ve gone through. And to those who never made it, we wanted to say rest in peace.”
Kaiwai-Wanikau, whose uncle and grandfather live in Christchurch, heard about the earthquake while at school.
“Straight away I started ringing them, thankfully I got hold of them and they’re safe, as well as everything they have,” she says.
When Kaiwai-Wanikau and Mua said they wanted Cantabrians to hear their song, music teacher Zach Beard started contacting radio stations that could help.
“The students just want to share what they have done, to provide some comfort to Christchurch from up here,” he says.

Email This Print

0 Comments

No comments.

Best of Wellington 2011

Fringe Festival

Briefs

Miles of vinyl 23/05/2012 11:33:00 a.m.
Vinyl lovers take note: thousands of records are up for grabs at Wellington’s only record fair. Collectors are invited to The Southern Cross to peruse piles from by ten different traders. Vinyl Club is a collaboration between Evil Genius, Rough Peel Music, Slow Boat Records, and Vanishing Point. Vinyl Club, The Southern Cross Bar, 12-4pm, May 26.
Miss a meal 23/05/2012 11:30:00 a.m.
Food rescue group Kaibosh has been encouraging Wellingtonians to miss eating one meal during May. Kaibosh rescues food from retailers that’s good enough to eat, but not good enough to sell, and redistributes it to charities working with the disadvantaged. The group wants people to miss a meal and instead donate the money they would have spent. It hopes to raise $20,000 for a walk-in cool room.
Stronger Pulse 23/05/2012 10:33:00 a.m.
Wellngton's Pulse netball team has appointed two new directors as the franchise continues to strengthen both its governance and management teams. Prominent Wellington barrister Tim Castle and Land Information NZ acting chief executive Sue Gordon were appointed at the franchise’s AGM last week.
Record breaking race 23/05/2012 10:31:00 a.m.
Records are already being broken five weeks out from the Armstrong Wellington Marathon. More than 5,000 runners and walkers from nine different countries will line up at Westpac Stadium on June 24 for the marathon, half marathon, 10 kilometre and kids’ magic mile events, making it the biggest marathon event ever to be held in Wellington.
Think on it 23/05/2012 10:01:00 a.m.
How can Wellington be the launchpad for more global businesses? The best 200 innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, and other business leaders from around the region will be hashing it out at Grow Wellington’s World Class New Zealand 2012 forum on May 29. The aim is to develop a pathway for creating global businesses from the Wellington region.

Reader's Poll

Should Snapper be replaced by a publicly owned transport ticketing system at an approximate cost of $80 million?

Kia Kaha Christchurch

Recent Stories

Have Your Say

Best of Wellington 2011

Fringe Festival

Briefs

Reader's Poll