http://ardijah.co.nz Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:10:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to the official Ardijah website.  Ardijah (The Music Group) was formed in Aotearoa New Zealand back in 1979. The name Ardijah was made up from two people's names. The 1st name being 'Ardi', the partner of the band's 1st lead male vocalist James.  The 2nd name James, was shortened to 'Jaa' which ... http://ardijah.co.nz/?p=1 Ardijah play for the 1st time in Tahiti @ the 'Super Aito' (Oe Va'a Outrigger Canoe) August 14th 2010. A nice warm break from the New Zealand winter. It was more like a working holiday but without the work. The Island was beautiful, the people and the food was 'meita'i ... http://ardijah.co.nz/?p=246 Ardijah jammed in GoldCoast & Melbourne 31st July & 1 Aug. It was short but sweet! Just another catch up with the Ardijah fan family. The Band has been around since the late 70's and still we have old friends that still haven't seen Ardijah live! "Keep it coming love". http://ardijah.co.nz/?p=245 On Saturday 29th May 2010, Ardijah received the 'Manukau Institute of Technology Life Time Achievement Award' acknowledging the bands contribution to New Zealand Music, from a career spanning 30 years. A collage video clip of songs released by the band played on the big screen during the award, followed by ... http://ardijah.co.nz/?p=243 Ardijah have completed a 'Best of the PolyFonk' album which will be out before Christmas 2010 but will be first released in Tahiti 14th Aug at the 'Super Aito' Oe Va'a (Waka ama) competition. Ardijah will also be playing at the races to introduce the band to our Tahitian brothers and sisters. ... http://ardijah.co.nz/?p=240 Ardijah will be part of the fundraising move to help-out those families in Aitutaki Enua, Kuki Airani to re-build their homes after cyclone Pat hit the Island and wiped out parts of the villages. The positive in this disaster was that no-one was killed. A fundraiser concert will be held ... http://ardijah.co.nz/?p=225 Ardijah will be in Rarotonga near the end of November 2009 to play the closing party at this years 'Vaka Eiva'. When the paddling is done and dusted, all that tension of focusing on strategy needs to be released somehow. Well, that's when the wild partying starts. What a way ... http://ardijah.co.nz/?p=214 Ardijah performed at the Manukau Festival of Arts with special guest Whirimako Black, Che Fu & Ruia Aperahama. Fonk & soul fused evening, this is PolyFonk at it's best. Jammin' their hit songs see the pro's at work and "Let da rhythms move your bottay"...............We had a blast with this ... http://ardijah.co.nz/?p=206 ARDIJAH jammed' the 'PolyFonk' at the Republic bar on the 14Th August in Manukau City.......Well that gig went off. It didn't take long to be 'sold-out' so we played to a full house. The start of the night came to a halt after the 'Manukau Fire Dept' arrived and tried to evacuate ... http://ardijah.co.nz/?p=186 The Band Ardijah had the privilege of opening up for Billy Ocean in Rotorua Aotearoa back in June 2009. Billy got to  hear the Ardijah soundcheck and was quite impressed. (That's how we scored the photo) It was an awesome night of music. Ardijah played with the acoustic set-up and got ... http://ardijah.co.nz/?p=178