Aotearoa (Stan Walker song)

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Aotearoa (Stan Walker song) - Wikipedia

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"Aotearoa"

Single by Stan Walker featuring Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika

Released

21 July 2014

Length

3:37

Label

Sony

Songwriter(s)

Vince Harder
Troy Kingi
Stan Walker

Producer(s)

Vince Harder

Stan Walker singles chronology

"Holding You"
(2014)

"Aotearoa"
(2014)

"Start Again"
(2015)

"Aotearoa" is a song by New Zealand recording artist Stan Walker featuring Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika. It was released as a single through Sony Music Australia on 21 July 2014. "Aotearoa" peaked at number two on the New Zealand Singles Chart.^[1]

An English version of the song was recorded and released on Walker's 2019 EP, Faith Hope Love.

Background

To celebrate te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week), Walker decided to release his first song completely in Māori, alongside other Kiwi artists Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika.^[2] Inspired by the 1984 song "Poi E" by the Patea Māori Club, (which as of 2014 is the only Māori language song to reach number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart), Walker, Hall, Kingi and Rika took on the challenge to get another Maori song to number one in New Zealand. Of this initiative Walker says, "we all have to connect ourselves back to the mainland where we are all from. I have never been more proud to be Māori. It doesn't matter who you are or where you've come from, to live in New Zealand, you are us and we are you. We are one!"^[3] Hall calls the result "a song to celebrate our nation, our landscape, our uniqueness, our language and our people".^[4] A portion of the proceeds from "Aotearoa" went towards the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre.^[3]

Video

A video was filmed with the artists in various locations around New Zealand, including Taupo and Whangarei. The director was Alice Orr.

Live performances

On 21 July 2014, "Aotearoa" was performed live on Breakfast.^[5] On 23 July 2014, the song was performed live on The Edge.^[6]

Track listing

Digital download^[1]

"Aotearoa" – 3:13

Chart performance

"Aotearoa" entered the New Zealand Singles Chart at number two on 28 July 2014; the following week, it fell to number seven.^[7]

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[8]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
New Zealand Artist Top 50 Singles^[9]	14

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Aotearoa"
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[10]	Gold	7,500^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
New Zealand^[1]	21 July 2014	Digital download	Sony Music Australia

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "iTunes Aotearoa (Maori Language Week 2014) [feat. Ria Hall, Troy Kingi & Maisey Rika] - Single". iTunes Store (New Zealand). Apple. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Stan Walker Released new song Aotearoa". morefm.co.nz. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Aotearoa Stan Walker Ria Hall Maisy Rika Troy Kingi". flava.co.nz. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Aotearoa 2014". nzonscreen.com. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Watch Stan Walker Perform Aotearoa" (Press release). tvnz.co.nz. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Stan Walker performs his new song Aotearoa live" (Press release). www.theedge.co.nz. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "STAN WALKER FEAT. RIA HALL, TROY KINGI & MAISEY RIKA - AOTEAROA (SONG)". charts.nz (Hung Medien). Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Stan Walker – Aotearoa". Top 40 Singles.
^ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 2014". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
^ "New Zealand single certifications". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

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Studio albums	Introducing Stan Walker From the Inside Out Let the Music Play Inventing Myself Truth & Soul Te Arohanui All In
Compilations	Impossible (Music by the Book)
Extended plays	Stan Faith Hope Love
Singles	"Black Box" "Unbroken" "Stand Up" "Choose You" "Homesick" "Loud" "Light It Up" "Music Won't Break Your Heart" "Waltzing Matilda" "Take It Easy" "Bulletproof" "Inventing Myself" "Like It's Over" "Holding You" "Aotearoa" "You Never Know" "Tennessee Whiskey" "Bigger" "Matemateāone" "I Am"
Featured singles	"Stuck in a Box" "Galaxy"
Other songs	"What Happened to Us"
Tours	Summerbeatz
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