Te Arohanui

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Te Arohanui is the sixth studio album by New Zealand singer Stan Walker. It was released on 17 September 2021 by Sony Music New Zealand. This album is his first to be performed in te reo Māori (the Māori language). It mixes re-recorded songs in Māori with several new tracks.

The album was announced on 31 August 2021 and is dedicated to Walker’s late grandmother, Te Arohanui McLeod (Nanny Taini).

In an interview, Walker said releasing a te reo Māori album felt like the right time and that the Māori language is powerful, healing, and uplifting through waiata (songs).

Singles
- Tau Te Mārire, released 3 September 2021
- Matemateāone, released 10 September 2021
- Te Arohanui, released 17 September 2021

Track listing (12 tracks)
1. Tua / Bigger (featuring Ibanez Maeva)
2. Tau te Marire / Take It Easy
3. Tauutuutu / Give (with Matiu Walters and Walker)
4. Tena Ra Koe / Thank You
5. Find You (with Maisey Rika)
6. Aotearoa (with Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika)
7. Whakaemoemiti
8. Kowhiria Atu / Choose (featuring Hamo Dell)
9. He Tangata / Human (featuring Vince Harder)
10. Te Arohanui
11. Unuhia / I Surrender
12. Matemateāone

Length
- 46 minutes and 30 seconds

Chart performance
- NZ Albums (RMNZ): peaked at 16
- NZ Artist Albums (RMNZ): peaked at 3

Year-end charts
- 2021 NZ Artist Albums (RMNZ): 18
- 2022 NZ Artist Albums (RMNZ): 17

Te Arohanui is Stan Walker’s first te reo Māori project and was made to celebrate and share Māori language and culture through music.