Good food, good company & good music. What more can I say. The day was very fulfilling for all who attended. What a lovely day it was too. Hot both musically & weather wise. After driving home at the completion of the gig, I think for everyone it was, ‘big cuppa tea and a big [...]

The difference between Waitangi Day in Australia and Waitangi Day in Aotearoa was, most of the Kiwi’s that turned up to the gig in Aussie were homesick. The stadium was packed with Kiwi’s and their Aussie mates getting a music history lesson from early Kiwi music revolutionaries. It was all about the music and about [...]

What does Waitangi Day mean to us? “Beautiful People” celebrating our culture on this Beautiful Day and celebrating what it is to be Maori. For myself, (Ryan Monga) ‘The Treaty of Waitangi’ is a contract between two parties, the indigenous people & owners of ‘the land of the long white cloud’ Aotearoa (which is also [...]

What a hot gig that was. Not only was Ardijah cooking on stage, but so was the weather. We were trying to rush down there to the gig straight after the Herbs gig in Okahu bay Tamaki makaurau, we felt for the audience waiting in the hot sun. So, we had to turn it on [...]