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WAI.TAI
"best performance of the whole concert, superb!"
Our set lists are customised for either a listening and inquisitive audience, or a fun, upbeat dance set, or a combination of both. You can tell us what you want and we'll put together a set list that lights up your event!
We do plenty of songs from other New Zealand bands to keep the love going, as well as songs from all over the world.
Check out our set lists in groups:
Originals
Te Reo Maori covers
English language covers by our favourite artists
Well-known covers
Less well-known covers
Instrumental covers
... or just scroll through to see everything below :)
ORIGINALS
TE REO MAORI
Anei Ra (Pacific reggae)
E Hoa
Earth and Sky (bilingual)
Ehara Taku Toa (Pacific reggae)
He Aha Ra Te Manu
Hoea (Turtle Island fusion)
Kaua e (Jamaican fusion)
Putiputi (Polish fusion)
Tihore chant
Tohoraha
Tumoana (Pacifica fusion)
ENGLISH
499 (the Ventnor shipwreck) (Chinese fusion)
Lay Me Down Upon My Mountain (Appalachian fusion)
South Pacific Paradise (Appalachian-Pacific fusion)
Stand Up (Maranga Ake)
FUN INSTRUMENTALS
Abu's Garden Affair (Middle-eastern fusion)
Shayne's Garage (Americana fusion)
The Scorpion and the Frog (Middle-eastern fusion)
COVERS
TE REO MAORI COVERS
SONGS BY HIRINI MELBOURNE
Ko Ranginui
Nga Iwi E
Purea Nei
Purerehua
Te Kokako
Te Kopere
Tihore
Whiti te Marama
SONGS BY MAISEY RIKA
Children of Romania (bilingual)
Nia (bilingual)
Te Matapiko
OTHERS
Awhi Mai Ra
Ka mate, ka mate
Karanga E Te Iwi E
Pokarekare Ana (Hokianga version)
Rua Kenana (bilingual, Pacific reggae)
Wairua o te Puna Aroha
ENGLISH LANGUAGE COVERS BY OUR FAVS (often with some te reo Maori merged in)
SONGS BY BOB NESTA MARLEY ('UNCLE BOB')
No Woman No Cry
Redemption Song
Running Away
Three Little Birds
Time Will Tell
Turn your Lights Down Low
Waiting in Vain
SONGS BY FAT FREDDYS DROP
Blackbird
The Raft
SONGS BY MAISEY RIKA
Children of Romania
Nia
WELL-KNOWN COVERS (songs that everyone will know, sometimes with some te reo Maori here and there)
Black Horse and a Cherry Tree
California Dreaming
Fade Away
Falling Slowly
French Letter (Letter to France)
Hit the Road Jack
Horse With No Name
Iko Iko
No Woman No Cry
Reckless
Red, Red Wine
Redemption Song
Running Away
Slice of Heaven
Summertime
Sweet Child O Mine
Three Little Birds
Time Will Tell
Turn your Lights Down Low
True Colours
Under The Bridge
Waiting in Vain
Wake Me Up
When Doves Cry
Wild Horses
You Gotta Be
LESS WELL-KNOWN COVERS (songs that some people will know)
Black Is The Colour
Blackbird
Children of Romania
Coo Coo Bird
Hallelujah (Gin Wigmore)
High on a Hill
I Know You Rider
In Hell I'll Be In Good Company
Julie
Mule on the Mount
One Voice
Parihaka
Please
Primitive Man
Rain and Snow
Scarlet
Song to the Siren
Sweet is the Melody
The Mountain
The Raft
Wayfaring Stranger
You Stay Here
INSTRUMENTAL COVERS
Crested Hen
Trip to Pakistan
Originals
Te Reo Maori Covers
English covers our favs
Well-known covers
Less well known covers
Instrumental covers
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