Whirimako Black
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Barbara Whirimako Black Template:Post-nominals (born c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) is a New Zealand Māori recording artist and actress.[1]
Black sings mostly in the Māori language,[1] uses traditional Māori musical forms and collaborates with traditional taonga pūoro instruments. Her musical achievements include composing and singing the titles for the acclaimed Television New Zealand series, The New Zealand Wars, as well as composing with Hori Tait the initial title music for the Māori news programme, Te Karere. In 1991, she formed the female Māori band Tuahine Whakairo but left in 1993, to start a solo career.
Born in Whakatāne,[1] Black is of Ngāti Tūhoe, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Arawa, and Ngāti Awa descent.
Black bears a traditional Māori tattoo, or Script error: No such module "Lang"., on her face.
In the 2006 New Year Honours, Black was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori music.[2]
Black made her acting debut in the 2013 film White Lies. She was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress.[3]
Discography
| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Hinepukohurangi: Shrouded in the Mist | Muscle Music |
| 2003 | Hohou Te Rongo: Cultivate Peace | Mai Music |
| 2004 | Tangihaku | Mai Music |
| 2005 | Kura Huna | Mai Music |
| 2006 | Soul Sessions | Mai Music |
| 2007 | Whirimako Black Sings | Mai Music |
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- 1960s births
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- Living people
- Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- New Zealand women singer-songwriters
- New Zealand singer-songwriters
- New Zealand Māori actresses
- New Zealand Māori musicians
- Musicians from Auckland
- People from Whakatāne
- Ngāi Tūhoe people
- Ngāti Tūwharetoa people
- Ngāti Ranginui people
- Whakatōhea people
- People educated at St Joseph's Māori Girls' College
- 21st-century New Zealand women singers
- Māori-language singers