Korihi
Korihi is a 2 Hour Music competition with 14 finalists representing their rohe singing an original song inspired by the events of COVID-19 to uplift our people.
Representing Te Taitokerau this Trio Charlton Mathews-Te Wake, Deidre Wijohn and Makere Ngaropo-Hati are from the small rural town of Panguru. Their waiata written by Mina Pomare-Peita and Mutunga Rameka, recognises the leadership of wahine. Pāpata comes from their whakataukii on how they live in the west where the trees bend they don’t fall they are still standing like us.