Hinewehi Mohi

Musician

When music legend Hinewehi Mohi was asked to sing the national anthem before the All Blacks RWC quarter final match against England in 1999, she made a choice that would ignite conversation and change not only New Zealand but help play a vital role in the normalisation of te reo Māori.

The talented singer, songwriter and television producer who came from humble beginnings, grew up in the Hawke’s Bay town of Waipukurau. She shares with our host Julian Wilcox her upbringing, her education at St Joseph’s Māori Girls College where she found her voice, her whānau and of course, that fateful day at Twickenham Stadium in 1999.

This is her story – Hinewehi Mohi – Indigenous 100.