Toni Huata was a vocalist, artist, manager, director, producer and performer. Photo:
Music correspondent Dave Wilson talks about the contribution made to music in Aotearoa by Toni Huata, who has passed away.
Huata was a champion of Maori music and te reo, and released much of her music in her mother tongue.
She was also the Kaihautu Puoro Maori - director of Maori music at the SOUNZ Centre for NZ Music.
Dave Wilson is a saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and interdisciplinary scholar, a Senior Lecturer in Music at the New Zealand School of Music-Te Koki.
