Episode 9: TEEKS

Published: June 29, 2017, 5:20 a.m.

b'TEEKS aka Te Karehana Gardiner-Toi discusses his stunning EP, The Grapefruit Skies, and the impact M\\u0101ori culture and growing up speaking te reo has had on his life, and his music.

\\u201cGrowing up with the language, but also the whole culture of being M\\u0101ori \\u2013 singing, or being musically inclined - is just a part of being M\\u0101ori as well. It\\u2019s a given ay, it\\u2019s like a pre-requisite, if you\\u2019re M\\u0101ori you have to know how to sing, do kapa haka and write songs and perform.\\u201d'