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ToiWaiatamaiThe Upper Hutt singer with thebig voice – Frankie Stevens –was recognised for his serviceto the entertainment industrytwice in 2011.Super entertainer, actorand MC Frankie Stevens.He was joint winner of the Mäori MusicAwards Industry Award and got specialrecognition at the Mäori Art Market inPorirua in October. Frankie first sang in aschool band when he was just 12 yearsold and began singing professionallyat 16 when he went off to Sydney fora couple of years. He also spent timesinging in Europe making a name forhimself by winning the British talent show‘Opportunity Knocks’ six times in a row.He’s a household name in this countrythese days.He shared the Mäori Music Industry Awardwith another iconic group of entertainers,the band Ardijah, whose founding membersRyan Monga andJim Wihongi firstmet in a garage inOtara in 1978. Theband that grew outof that meetingplayed local gigsfor a couple ofyears beforemeeting their longtime lead singerBetty-Anne at a talent show. They too arehousehold names in this country.The 2011 Mäori Music Awards nightheld in the Hawkes Bay Opera House inSeptember, was once again a gala affairfeaturing a mixture of old and new.For example the award for the Best MäoriTraditional Album in Te Reo Mäori wentto an album released in April this year, ofthe songs of the late great Ngäti Porousongwriter Henare Waitoa. Called NgäWaiata O Henare Waitoa it featured 12of his waiata contemporary to the timesin which he wrote them, during and afterWorld War II. Perhaps the best known is‘Tomo Mai’ the song he wrote to welcomehome the survivors of the Mäori Battalion.Also honoured was the late Sir Kingi Ihakawho died in 1993, but was recognised asan Iconic Mäori Music Composer in thetraditional style. Sir Kingi was born inTaitokerau and became an Anglican priest.He was a prolific composer of Mäori songsfor clubs he tutored in both Wellington andAuckland.Sir Kingi was the first Mäori ministerresident in Australia; where he ministeredto Mäori in Sydney between 1984 and 87.He was a great advocate for the Mäorilanguage and was appointed the secondMäori Language Commissioner in 1990.Another of the icon awards went to TihiPuanaki the Ngäti Hine woman who livesin Christchurch who has been a sticklerfor detail when it comes to tikanga andwaiata over the four decades she hastaught kapa haka. She won the Keeper OfTraditions award.Ardijah.The great Mäori show band the Volcanicsreceived and award for a LifetimeContribution to Mäori Music.The Best Mäori Song, Songwriter and BestMäori Solo Artist went to Tiki Tane for hisalbum ‘In the World Of Light’.The Nok won the Best Mäori Pop Albumfor the album of the same name.Tatou Tatou E won the Best Mäori Urban/HipHop/RnB Album Award for their albumof the same name.Mina Ripia and Ana Coddington jointlywon the Best Mäori Female Solo ArtistAward.Stan Walker won the NZonAir radio airplayrecord of the year by a Mäori artist; andthe Ngä Reo Irirangi radio airplay record ofthe year by a Mäori artist in Te Reo – waswon by 1814.44T E P U N I K ö K I R I | K ö K I R I | H u i - t a n g u r u — P o u t ü - t e - r a n g i 2 0 1 2