Lift your midweek with Moon's Free Live Music Wednesday's! Your weekly escape into the sonic stratosphere
Every week, we feature a rotating lineup of incredible local musicians - this week we have Lee Stuart!
Come by early for our $15 pizza specials, served hot 5.30-9pm
Perfect for date night, catch-ups, or just floating solo through the sound waves. Wednesdays at Moon are the place to orbit!
Lee Stuart (Ngāti Pū, Ngāti Rangitihi) grew up a little differently from others, raised at sea and on rural whenua. At age six, her Dad taught her how to hunt on the mainland and debone fish, whilst her Mum invested time teaching her the classic Māori guitar strum. Lee has been making music ever since.
When she wasn’t fishing or making music, she was watching TV, excitedly peering into the lives of city-dwellers. She was 18 when she got the opportunity to urbanise. Hungry for a digitalised new world, Lee threw herself into tech, gaming, music production and networking. She fell in love with the clubs, the corporate grind, the noise, the crowds — the machine.
Lee adapted to a corporate lifestyle which suppressed her ability to dream, create and write. She stopped making music for nearly an entire year. After 10 years in the corporate grind, the tūī birds called and the ocean beckoned, Lee felt the pull of te taiao (nature) and re-found her flow.
Recently, Lee has been reclaiming her indigenous language, and vlogs this journey daily on TikTok, capturing the joys and challenges of learning te reo Māori at home. She also uses this space to engage in political activism, using her music to connect with others, stand in solidarity, and contribute to a variety of decolonisation kaupapa (initiatives)
