Auckland UNESCO City Of Music
Nau mai ki Tāmaki Makaurau UNESCO Pā Puoro
Welcome to Auckland UNESCO City of Music
Auckland is one of the most diverse cities in the world: its 1.5 million residents span more than 220 ethnic groups, and four in ten Aucklanders were born overseas. It is also home to a large Pacific population and 60 per cent of Māori live in Auckland and surrounding regions.
With music and language intrinsically linked in Māori and Pacific culture, these communities add a richness and a unique sound to the city’s cultural fabric: Māori waiata (songs) and moteatea (laments) serve a particularly important function, capturing otherwise untold histories and expressing our city’s stories of love, fear, anger and loss.
Auckland has a coterie of artists and musicians who contribute to the diversity of the city and our communities. As a city, Auckland values its music sector – the music-makers, the heroes, as well as the specialists – working across a wide range of genre and roles.
from: https://www.aucklandcityofmusic.nz/
Also see and listen to: https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/201837183/auckland's-bid-to-be-a-unesco-city-of-music