Aaria

{{Short description|New Zealand pop band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Aaria | image = | caption = | alias = | origin = New Zealand | instrument = | genre = | occupation = | years_active = 2000–2003 | label = | website = | current_members = | past_members = Hayden Weke<br />Amomai Pihama<br />Hemi Peke<br />Te Rau o te Rangi Winterburn<br />Tomairangi Mareikura }}

'''Aaria''' was a New Zealand pop band that formed in 2000. Aaria had two New Zealand charting singles that both made it into the top 20. The first single released in 2001 was "Kei A Wai Ra Te Kupu" lasted for 12 weeks on the charts and peaked at 14.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.muzic.net.nz/charts/s6510/kei-a-wai-ra-te-kupu | title=Kei A Wai Ra Te Kupu – Aaria – Top 40 Singles | accessdate=29 December 2012 }}</ref> Their second single, "Cry No More", also in 2001 lasted for four weeks on the charts and peaked at 7.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.muzic.net.nz/charts/s10294/cry-no-more | title=Cry No More – Aaria – Top 40 Singles | accessdate=29 December 2012 }}</ref>

"Kei A Wai Ra Te Kupu" was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2002 New Zealand Music Awards.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/music/news/article.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=1391668 | title=Tui for a Moa? | date=13 April 2002 | first=Russell | last=Baillie | accessdate=29 December 2012 | work=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref>

==Discography== {| class="wikitable" !Year !width="225"|Single !width="130"|Album !Charted !width="50"|Certification |- |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |align="left" valign="top"| |align="left" valign="top"|"Kei A Wai Ra Te Kupu" |align="left" valign="top"| |align="center" valign="top"| 14 |align="center" valign="top"| - |- |- bgcolor="#F0F8FF" |align="left" valign="top"| |align="left" valign="top"|"Cry No More" |align="left" valign="top"| |align="center" valign="top"| 7 |align="center" valign="top"| - |- |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aaria}} Category:New Zealand pop music groups Category:Māori-language singers