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Te Whare Tīwekaweka

by Marlon Williams
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    Pre-order of Te Whare Tīwekaweka. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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    Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.
    releases April 4, 2025

      $7 USD  or more

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Includes digital pre-order of Te Whare Tīwekaweka. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.
    shipping out on or around April 4, 2025
    Purchasable with gift card

      $34 USD or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Includes digital pre-order of Te Whare Tīwekaweka. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.
    shipping out on or around April 4, 2025
    Purchasable with gift card

      $34 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Includes digital pre-order of Te Whare Tīwekaweka. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.
    shipping out on or around April 4, 2025
    Purchasable with gift card

      $15 USD or more 

     

  • Shirt

    Gildan 2000 White Tee
    200 g/m3
    100% cotton
    Preshrunk jersey knit
    Seamless double-needle 2 cm collar
    Taped neck and shoulders
    ships out within 14 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $31 USD or more 

     

  • Shirt

    Gildan 2000 Blue Long Sleeve Tee
    200 g/m3
    100% cotton
    Preshrunk jersey knit
    Seamless double-needle 2 cm collar
    Taped neck and shoulders
    ships out within 14 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $43 USD or more 

     

1.
E Mawehe Ana Au
2.
Kei Te Mārama
3.
Aua Atu Rā 03:04
Ko au anake Ki te waka, Ki te moana Kāore kau he matangi Kāore he aha nei Titiro mai Titiro mai! Te ama! Ka tāuke atu nei Aua atu rā Ka mate au ki te moana mārie Kāore ōku tūmanako Kāore he aha nei Anana e Anana e! Te ama! Ka tāuke atu nei Aua atu rā E kore au e hoki anō ki a koe Kāore e hoki anō ki tō kainga ē E kore au e hoki anō ki a koe Kāore e hoki anō ki tō kainga ē Ko au anake Ki te waka, Ki te moana Kāore kau he matangi Kāore he aha nei Aroha mai Aroha mai! Te ama! Ka tāuke atu nei Aua atu rā
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Me Uaua Kē
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Kōrero Māori
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Ko Tēnā Ua
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Whakameatia Mai
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Ngā Ara Aroha
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Huri Te Whenua (featuring KOMMI)
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Kuru Pounamu
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Kāhore he manu e kakapa i roto rā Me he manu koe hoki, rere atu ki wawā Mā wai e kiki te tātākī o te rau? He taonga te wareware, ka maumahara kē au Haehaea te marama, maringi toto miraka Tīramarama atu, e kimi ake rā Kāhore te taumaha e pēhanga nō runga rā Oma ake tonu ai, ka pekea ngā matata E kore e kite ana au, e te hoa hōtoke He pohewa tonu ai i te makaro e Haehaea te marama, maringi toto miraka Tīramarama atu, e kimi ake rā Kāhore i tae i ahau te tuku mihi koropai He kōingo, he karanga ki a rīpeka, haramai
12.
Pānaki
13.
Rere Mai Ngā Rau
14.
Pōkaia Rā Te Marama

about

“Ko te reo Māori, he matapihi ki te ao Māori” goes the Māori whakatauki (proverb) that has guided Aotearoa singer/songwriter Marlon Williams’(Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tai) fourth solo album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka. Translated, it means “The Māori language is a window to the Māori world” and expresses Marlon’s motivation behind his first te reo Māori album. “Through the process of constructing these songs,” Marlon says, “I’ve found a means of expressing my joys, sorrows and humour in a way that feels both distinctly new yet also connects me to my tīpuna [ancestors] and my whenua [land, home].”

Connection lies at the heart of Te Whare Tīwekaweka, the album’s five-year process reconnecting Marlon to family, friends and his home town of Lyttelton after a globe-trotting decade establishing his career. That sense of home-coming is expressed on the cover art by Marlon’s mum, artist Jennifer Rendall, drawn when she was pregnant with the future singer and which eerily resembles an adult Marlon. The album also signifies another step in Marlon’s journey with his ancestral tongue, his ability in the language developing as the songs accumulated in the hours spent with close friend and co-writer, rapper KOMMI.

The language unlocked both a newfound lyrical honesty and a grand sonic vision. Supported by long-time touring band The Yarra Benders, co-producer Mark Perkins (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui), the He Waka Kōtuia singers and featuring a collaboration with pop star Lorde, the album traverses Marlon’s familiar folk-country-bluegrass territory, while continuing his exploration of poppier waters and the inherent rhythms of Māori music. The result is a collection at once contemporary and timeless.

The making of the album was captured in the documentary Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua - Two Worlds directed by Ursula Grace. Marlon wanted to share his journey in the hope others might benefit. It’s the same impulse that drives his songwriting. “I hope that music may do the mahi (work) that conversation cannot, and that it may broaden and deepen our sense of interconnectedness,” he says. By expanding his output into Māori, Marlon has widened the portal through which that connection might happen. Te Whare Tīwekaweka, he says, has given him “a bigger playground”.

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releases April 4, 2025

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Marlon Williams Melbourne, Australia

Singer and songwriter from Lyttelton, New Zealand.

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