The Rootswest whanau was formed in February 2007. A band was formed out of that with a focus on reggae, celebrating traditional roots and creating new waiata. We are a group of people that love our family, our roots, west Auckland and jamming reggae. We are parents and grandparents and as such have a lot of individual experience and ideas that we bring to the whanau. We at times work with other musicians, vocalists and backing vocalists but for our core reggae sound, that is us. We regularly jam and invite friends and whanau to come, party and join in. We aspire to maoritanga, inclusiveness, whanaungatanga, freedom, expression, valuing each member and celebrating individuality, equality and growth. We base our values on tino rangatiratanga, whanau, aroha, truth and justice and this is reflected in our original waiata. Rootswest also seeks to support other artists and musicians in Waitakere and intends to be a platform for creativity, support, growth and development. Rootswest Reggae is an expression of Rootswest whanau and sees itself as a collective, or collaborative community. Rootswest is an acronym that stands for: REDEEMING OUR OPPRESSED THOUGHT SYSTEMS WITHOUT ENCOURAGING SYSTEMATIC TRANSGRESSIONS. You can also check us out on bebo.
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