TIPENE

Hip-hop artist | producer | mentor | ambassador

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We No Muck Around (2022)


WMMA Finalist:

Best Hip-Hop Album

Best Solo Māori Male



Produced by Tipene & 10A



LOOP NZ/Native Niche

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We No Muck Around (2022)


WMMA Finalist:

Best Hip-Hop Album

Best Solo Māori Male



Produced by Tipene & 10A



LOOP NZ/Native Niche

Tautoko (2019)


Won - Best Hip-Hop Album

WMMA Finalist:

Best Māori Male

Best Music Video

Best Māori Songwriter

ARPA Silver Scroll Top 5


Produced by Tipene

Empire Records NZ/Native Niche

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Tipene Harmer, Hailing from Te Matau a Maui-Hawke’s Bay, is considered one of Aotearoa’s leading bilingual Hip-Hop artists with an uplifting message deeply rooted in Te Ao Māori(Māori Worldview).


In just over a decade-long career, Tipene has quietly amassed over 13 million streams across 3 studio albums, is a two-time APRA Silver Scroll top 5 Finalist, had multiple NZ charting singles, and over 100,000 online followers.


Tipene is most known his debut track “West Side Hori” an autobiography of Tipene which earned him his first APRA Silver Scroll finalist nomination and the Remix featuring Sid Diamond and Sir T at 9 million streams across Youtube and Spotify.


His latest project “We No Muck Around” released through LOOP in Dec 2022, has so far generated 350k online streams and 3 music videos shot by award winning Videographer Shae Stirling. Tipene toured with L.A.B on this year's Summer Tour in Tauranga, Hawke’s Bay and Whangarei playing to around 40k people in attendance.


In 2019, Tipene became an ambassador for Māori Music, won the award for “Best Maori Urban Artist” and has been a finalist for multiple Waiata Māori Music Awards including consecutive nominations for Best Solo Māori Male, Best Music Video by a Māori Artist, Best Song by a Māori artist and Best Māori Songwriter and Best Hip Hop Album


International Support

Joe Walsh(The Eagles)

The Wailers(Bob Marley)

Bone Thugs N Harmony


NZ Artists Support

2 x National Album Tours

L.A.B . Katchafire . The Black Seeds . Summer Thieves

Scribe . Sammy J . Stan Walker . Che Fu . DLT

Troy Kingi . Accacia, Bailey Wiley

NZ Festivals

SPLORE, RaggaMuffin Road Show, Exodus

East Coast Vibes

Waitangi Day Celebrations

World Indigenous Tattoo Festival

Waiata Māori Music Awards

Summer Frequencies


Music Collaborations

Che Fu . Scribe . Maisey Rika . Troy Kingi . Mareko

Chong Nee . Tyna Keelan . DLT . Upper Hutt Posse

Dam Native . Sid Diamond . 10A . Majic Pāora

Fortafy . SickDrumz


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Tipene has been a youth mentor for 17 years working in hard to reach communities, Kura Kaupapa, Secondary schools, youth justice and adult learners largely through his various teaching roles and mentor work with NZ Music Commission. Tipene strengths are making connections through matauranga Māori, song-writing, music composition and utilising self expression as an educational tool especially through hip-hop culture.


Following the success of ‘West Side Hori‘ in 2011 Tipene was approached by a group of rangatahi in Flaxmere asking him if he could teach them how to write their own raps, this eventually grew into FlaxMusic Academy. This group consisted of 20 young people and their wider whanau. The group created an album, filmed a music video and performed at the Māori Music Awards in Hastings.


Tipene has worked in various mentoring and teaching roles like CAYAD, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, High schools, Drug and alcohol education and in the Youth Justice.


Tipene graduated with a BA Adult education 2020 where he developed a ‘Poutama’ a cultural journey delivered through music. Poutama Music involves self expression, self determination while developing self confidence and cultural connection.


Tipene is currently facilitating Poutama Music in Whitianga through his Whānau Resilience role at Whitianga Social Services. Read..

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Te Paea Seasons C33Y performing at album release party Dec 2

Te Paea Seasons(21 yrs) is a soul R&B singer songwriter of Ngāi Te Rangi descent originally from Tauranga Moana, raised in Whitianga. Te Paea has a very broad style from afro pop and acoustic RnB to rapping socially conscious messages over modern trap beats. Te Paea comes from a Kapa Haka background and singing in school bands to a confident young artist who has been working on her fist E.P due in the summer of 2023.

Chance Haddon aka C33Y(23yrs) is a Hip-Hop artist of Ngāti Ruanui descent originally from Whanganui, raised in Whitianga. Chance has a classic old school soul to his writing with a new skool flow able to speak on his life experiences through to club bangers and summer anthems. Chance has been writing his own music from the age of 16 and just completed recording his first E.P(6 tracks) titled “Find Your Way” about his journey through school, his dream to pursue music and recently becoming a young father. This project is set to release summer 2023.

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Māori Music Ambassador 2021 - current

Winner of WMMA Best Māori Urban Artist, 2019


L.A.B Summer Tour Dec, 2022


Album Releases

Tautoko Album 2019

Heritage Trail 2021

We No Muck Around 2022


2 National Album Tours NZ 2019, 2022

14 Million streams across digital platforms

7 Singles Charting in NZ Top 20


NZ Music Commission Mentor in Schools


APRA Silver Scroll Top 5 finalist


Waiata Māori Music Awards FINALIST: 2019,2021, 2023

Best Māori Male Solo Artist x3,

Best Video by Māori Artist

Best Māori Songwriter x2

Best Song by a Māori Artist


Sync Web series 'Kura' TV On Demand 'West Side Hori'


8 Self Directed Music Videos (5.2M)


Tipene has notable collaborations with Chē Fu, Troy Kingi, Scribe, Maisey Rika, DLT, DAM Native, Sid Diamond, Mareko, Pieter T and more. Top NZ producers P-Money, Chong Nee(Dei Hamo, PT), SickDrumz(Rhianna, Lil Wayne), 10A(Kings, Scribe, King Kapisi) and Juse(SmashProof, TY, Sid Diamond).