3 Apr 2025

Great album: Te Whare Tiwekaweka by Marlon Williams

From Afternoons, 1:45 pm on 3 April 2025

Our feature album today is the brand spanking new album from Marlon Williams, Te Whare Tīwekaweka. 

It's Marlon's fourth solo album, but his first completley Māori language record. 

Although he's not yet totally fluent in Te Reo, Williams found he could express himself in new ways comapared to writing in English.

He's described the writing of these songs  as 'dire self-therapy" and says it'd be a hard job for him to express himself in the same way in English. 

Marlon Williams poses after an interview with Saturday Morning's Mihi Forbes about his new album Te Whare Tīwekaweka.

Photo: RNZ/Tim Collins