Māori Hi-Five: a memoir of the early years
Rob Hemi-Te Miha was an original member of the Māori Hi-Five, playing rhythm guitar, bass, and singing. Before he died in November 2007 he wrote a memoir for the iwi magazine Wairarap...
Māori Hi-Five
Kawana Pohe of the Māori Hi-Five
As an arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Kawana Pohe – who died on 4 December 2021 – was crucial to the sound of the Māori Hi-Five. This tribute to Pohe was written by Rob Hemi, a fe...
Solomon Pōhatu of the Māori Hi-Five
Solomon Pōhatu was a teenage multi-instrumentalist from Muriwai, just south of Gisborne, when he joined a group of young Māori musicians in the late 1950s. They called themselves t...