Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, is the most remote island on earth, more than 3700 kilometres off the coast of Chile. 




For many people the main thing they know about Rapa Nui is the hundreds of giant stone statues standing up to 20 metres high, looking out over the island.




And while these colossal statues known as Moai are incredible, there is so much more to this remote volcanic island, where the civilisation remained largely untouched by external influence for a thousand years.




Yoyo Tuki comes from a family of storytellers going back generations on the island. He tells me on this episode of Streets of Your Town, how he now divides his time between Australia and Rapa Nui, sharing his music and songwriting with a distinct Rapa Nui flavour not only on our shores, but in music festivals around the world.




Yoyo’s music blends the influence of his sculptor grandfather, whose name Mana Roa means Great Wisdom, with Spanish influences and some of the local Rapa Nui dialect, a Polynesian dialect similar to Tahitian, with some of his more modern compositions in English. 

Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, is the most remote island on earth, more than 3700 kilometres off the coast of Chile.  For many people the main thing they know about Rapa Nui is the hundreds of giant stone statues standing up to 20 metres high, looking out over the island. And while these colossal statues known as Moai are incredible, there is so much more to this remote volcanic island, where the civilisation remained largely untouched by external influence for a thousand years. Yoyo Tuki comes from a family of storytellers going back generations on the island. He tells me on this episode of Streets of Your Town, how he now divides his time between Australia and Rapa Nui, sharing his music and songwriting with a distinct Rapa Nui flavour not only on our shores, but in music festivals around the world. Yoyo’s music blends the influence of his sculptor grandfather, whose name Mana Roa means Great Wisdom, with Spanish influences and some of the local Rapa Nui dialect, a Polynesian dialect similar to Tahitian, with some of his more modern compositions in English.

Join dual Walkley award winning Wandering Journo Nance Haxton in conversation with authentic, sometimes eclectic, and often pre-eminent Australians about the streets of their town. Stories about where they grew up, the environment they live, and what inspires them. Go on an audio journey with Nance highlighting a different slice of Australian life each episode.

Find all of Nance Haxton's links and work HERE

Join dual Walkley award winning Wandering Journo Nance Haxton in conversation with authentic, sometimes eclectic, and often pre-eminent Australians about the streets of their town. Stories about where they grew up, the environment they live, and what inspires them. Go on an audio journey with Nance highlighting a different slice of Australian life each episode.
Find all of Nance Haxton's links and work <a href="https://lnk.to/p2NSuH">HERE</a>

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