Aro - Tōtara (Official Video)

“Kua hinga he tōtara i te wao nui a Tāne”
“A great tree has fallen in the great forest of Tāne”
(the full lyrics can be found at aromusic.co.nz/lyrics)

‘Tōtara’, originally taking its inspiration from the above whakatauki, has become a song of aroha, grief and remembrance - a song of aroha for those significant and special people, who are no longer with us.

Music credits:
Music by Aro, Charles & Emily Looker
Mātanga Reo - Te Kuru Dewes
Recorded & Produced by Vivek Gabriel at Gabriel Audio

Strings - Gin Papali'i
Drums & percussion - Aaron Clarke
Bass - Chip Matthews
Pounui - Warren Maxwell
Electric Guitar - Abraham Kunin
Acoustic Guitar - Charles Looker
PIano/keys - Eli Moore, Emily Looker
Sound textures - Vivek Gabriel

Music video credits:
CAST -
Miriama McDowell
Dominic Ona-Ariki
Roimata Fox
Talanoa Fraser
Haz Kake

Producer / Director - Hattie Adams
Producer / Director - Ryan Bradley
Producer - Summer Vaha'akolo
DOP / Editor - David Argue
First AD - Māhia Nightingale-Pene
Gaffer - Aaron Wakely
Makeup / Costume Design - Amanda Ashton
Colourist - Luke Ross
Stills - Laura Zonnevylle
Art Assistant - Leilani Colenutt
Production Assistant - Robbie Adams
Production Assistant - Kent Adams

Special Thanks To:
Sarah Bradley
Teone Kahu
Matthew Hunter
Peter Sullivan
Kura Productions
Film FX
Imagezone
Nanolabs
Craft Services
Mountfield Contracting

Made with funding from Creative NZ