New single release for mother’s day

Tauranga - A new Kiwi single is to be released on Friday to promote mums and mother’s day.

Singer Moone, or Marama Rice, of Tapuika iwi in the Bay of Plenty, is dedicating her song to all mothers leading up to Mother’s Day on May 8.

The song, Rockstar Mum, is all about empowering women to look after themselves for a change, so they can then look after others.

Rockstar Mum is about celebrating women, enjoying their sisterhood of friends, going to the spa and treating themselves occasionally and creating the life they want.

“This is an anthem for mums. If just one person feels better after hearing the song, then I’ve done my job,” Moone says.

This is the 50 year old’s second single and she hopes the track inspires older women to give new things a try.

Her first TikTok video featuring and created by women over 30, is part of her launch in Tauranga on Friday.

“Giving women an opportunity to believe in themselves and their abilities, drives me every day. So many women I know feel invisible and insignificant as they get older and go through menopause. You can still achieve your dreams if we support each other,” she says.

The Mother’s Day single is co-produced by Moone alongside Scott Seabright, who has worked with Six60, Mumford and Sons, Neil and Tim Finn and Fat Freddy’s Drop. Moone has just signed with DRM this month, who will distribute the song internationally.

After previously producing other people’s music at her Sydney Music Studio for eight years, Moone decided to focus on her own music.

Moone’s music channels her 21 generations of whakapapa that have lived on her ancestral land in the Bay of Plenty.

“Living on this land, means I feel the 850 years of wāhine toa (strong women) before me and I try to honour their legacies. I hope my music shows other Māori women, that if I can do it. They can too.“

She plans to release two more singles this year and then put out an album early next year. A national tour will then follow.