Marlon WIlliams is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated voices. Now, he’s singing in te reo Māori

Five years in the making, Marlon Williams’s fourth solo album was guided by the Māori whakatauki (proverb), “Ko te reo Māori, he matapihi ki te ao Māori”. It translates to “The Māori language is a window to the Māori world”.

“You learn everything from the way language is wielded,” Williams…