Riqi Harawira - Creative Native Riqi Harawira Havelock North Riqi Harawira (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) has shared stages with some of the world’s biggest acts, Guns N Roses, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden to name a few. The former lead guitarist and co-songwriter for popular 90’s grunge band Dead Flowers. He has collaborated with numerous kiwi artists across his career such as Kings, Stellar, DLT, Che Fu and Dam Native. Riqi Harawira is a Māori fusion artist and a guitar virtuoso who is passionate about telling stories about Aotearoa through his original music. Riqi is a lover of guitar and passionate about playing it. A multi-instrumentalist, Riqi frequently melds te reo Māori and English with rock and grunge music, dabbling with covers of Jimi Hendrix, Tama Renata, Joe Satriani and performing the NZ national anthem and the Last Post with the healing voice of his guitar he calls Mareikura(named after a Ngati Kahungunu princess). Immersed in music from a young age, his father, Rangi Hadfield (Rangi Harawira) was an international Māori entertainer who performed in over 65 countries and who taught Riqi the guitar. Riqi’s other passion is working with Tane in the non-violence department kaupapa at Te Tai Whenua O Heretaunga. Working alongside Tane referred by the courts and dept of Corrections to elicit their own motivation to change, and supporting that change to reduce repeat offending, enhance whanau welfare and increase responsibility. In 2016 Riqi Harawira released his first solo album, ‘Sound of the Long White Cloud’ spawning the singles ‘Greenstone & Gold’, ‘Oxygen’, ‘Te Aroha’ & ‘Goddess’, which was gifted to the ‘men against sexual violence’ campaign of that year. This album also featured an indigenized version of ‘Gutter Black’, Produced by Kings featuring Dave McCartney the original writer from Hello Sailor. Riqi’s second album, ‘Mauri’ brought forward tracks like ‘Wairua Tūturu’ and ‘Kia ora’. His last single 'Ruapekapeka' is a powerful Guitaiaha (Guitar -Taiaha) driven rock anthem with tribal chorus chants that hook you in immediately. A reminder of the famous northern battle between the colonials under Governor-General Grey and the combined forces of Kawiti and Hone Heke. June 24th, 2022, see’s Riqi Harawira release a new single ‘Whina - Walk of freedom’. A track about Dame Whina Cooper. The record release party will be supported by NZ hip hop pioneer DLT at The Common Room, Hasting June 24th 8pm. Whina-walk of freedom will be serviced to worldwide media through Huia Hamon and www.integritypromotion.com // FB For more, haere ki to - https://www.riqiharawira.com/ FB / Instagram Bookings - Jep Savali admin@manatua.co.nz +64212720901 Interviews - riqiharawira@gmail.com / +2421666799 (Aotearoa/NZ) Riqi Harawira - Creative Native’s tracks E Rere Ai - Riqi Harawira by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2023-01-30T00:28:58Z Burned Out Paradise by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2022-10-20T21:07:06Z Never Change by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2022-10-20T21:07:03Z Lost by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2022-10-20T21:05:37Z Suicide by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2022-10-20T21:05:10Z Herepo - Riqi Harawira by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2022-06-23T03:49:35Z Whina - walk of freedom - live backing track by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2022-06-23T01:58:08Z Whina Instrumental by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2022-06-23T01:57:48Z Whina Instrumental - with Whina samples by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2022-06-23T01:57:22Z Whina - walk of freedom (full version) by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2022-06-23T01:57:05Z
Whina - walk of freedom - live backing track by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2022-06-23T01:58:08Z
Whina Instrumental - with Whina samples by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2022-06-23T01:57:22Z
Whina - walk of freedom (full version) by Riqi Harawira - Creative Native published on 2022-06-23T01:57:05Z
