Whetu Marama - Bright Star AwaitingStock Roger Skate CO

Roger Skate CO

marking the legendary band’s first new music since 2014

Perfectly tuned to Five’s acoustic architecture

if they ever hope to make things right

from Los Angeles to London and from the toxic wasteland of Chernobyl to the lush beauty of Samoa

Whetu Marama - Bright Star AwaitingStock Roger Skate COFor Maori, the canoe underpins our culture. We once built waka canoes from giant trees and sailed the vast Pacific by the stars. These arts were lost to us for 600 years. Then the stars re aligned and three men from far flung islands revived our place as the greatest navigators on the planet, a Hawaiian, a Micronesian and Hek Busby, "The Chief" from Aotearoa New Zealand. Whetu Marama: Bright Star is the story of Sir Hekenukumai Ngaiwi Puhipi, aka Hek