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The “word has gone out” to artists to submit their nominations for this year’s Waiata Maori Awards, Mr Huata said. The award night will be recorded by Maori Television for broadcast on its network in Septemebr while Radio Kahungunu, based in Hastings, will broadcast the awards night live, offering it to the iwi station network across the country.
Well-known television producer Robert Hagen will be back for his third stint working on the music awards.
Popular Maori singer Maisey Rika took home four of the eight major gongs at the 2010 awards while other winners included 1814, Young Sid and Stan Walker.
“We hope by July we will have the finalists selected for 2011,” Mr Huata said.
For the first time an indigenous performance group from Canada will feature at the music awards and stay on to be part of the Takitimu Festival the following week
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