Greatsouth

Official Showcase Artist

Auckland, New Zealand

About

Greatsouth is the musical project of Payton Taplin (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa), a Māori artist from Papakura, South Auckland. Blending indie rock, south pacific field recordings and taonga pūoro (traditional Māori instruments), Greatsouth's sound sits between raw guitar-driven music and cinematic, narrative-led production. His music is grounded in te ao Māori (the Māori worldview) and shaped by urban Māori experience - exploring ancestry, resistance, identity and belonging through a distinctly Aotearoa lens.