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The politics of an all Māori album: Marlon Williams

The politics of an all Māori album: Marlon Williams

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 Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Marlon Williams spent five years on his latest album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka, which is entirely in the Māori language. The release coincides with the current New Zealand coalition government limiting the use of the Indigenous language in the public service, and the suspension of three MPs who performed a Māori haka in protest of a bill which has been criticised as reversing Indigenous rights. Marlon Williams speaks to Reged Ahmad about singing in his first language on the international stage, and performs a song from the album in the Guardian Australia studio You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport
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