Talk:Tiki Taane

Notability

This article is about an influential New Zealand musician and former front man of one of New Zealand's leading bands Salmonella Dub.

I have removed the speedy deletion tag. This is an article about a legitimate musician who has formed a major part of the band Salmonella Dub and has now released a solo album. Kiwipaul 11:31, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Kiwipaul. Salmonella Dub are very clearly notable - New Zealand's leading band in their genre - and they have toured Europe twice. So when their lead singer goes solo, that is equally notable. dramatic 08:38, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

agreed, very notable. Mention the name Tiki to almost ANY New Zealander and they'll know who you're talking about. 124.168.25.170 (talk) 00:53, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

2011 Arrest

This article appears biased against police. It only gives Tiki's point of view, nothing from police or other witnesses that were there. I'm not confident I can update the page given my lack of experience with Wikipedia, it is sure to generate a bit of controversy. But I think it is important to maintain Wikipedia's neutral standpoint, something that is lacking in this article at the moment. See http://entertainment.msn.co.nz/article.aspx?id=8245818 for quotes from Tiki saying how he "loves the police" and is not mad at them. See http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/police-defend-arrest-tiki-taane-4115672 for senior police supporting the actions of the arresting officer, saying that he was confident his staff acted professionally and appropriately. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.189.201.34 (talk) 01:34, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

agreed - updated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.73.139.229 (talk) 22:44, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Age and Birthday not found?

This might be a reliable source: http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/2216.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.73.22.113 (talk) 06:50, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Redundancy in sentence needs correction

Under the heading "Legal issues", it states "He sang the song 'Fuck tha police' at a gig in Tauranga, claiming he was singing lyrics from N.W.A's 'Fuck tha Police'." Obviously, the redundancy ought to be removed. Bricology (talk) 22:15, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

2022 Anti-Mandate protests

Taane expressed vocal and online support for the 2022 protests against the New Zealand Covid-19 mandates and expressed support for the large protest encampment outside Parliament, shouldn't this be listed in some way, perhaps under a heading like political/conspiracy views? He is listed as a supporter on the associated pages for said protests, so presumably those pages have citations of when he was quoted as saying so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2404:440E:2775:B500:5076:4C69:215C:254A (talk) 06:21, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

History section cleanup and citation additions (July 2025)

I came across this article via Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand — I don’t recall the exact path, but it was listed as needing attention.

I've rewritten and expanded the History section to address several long-standing “citation needed” tags, improve tone, and add inline citations from reliable sources including RNZ, Stuff and The Age. The updated section also clarifies Taane’s transition from sound engineer to frontman with Salmonella Dub and includes chart performance data for “For the Love of It” and Killervision.

I’ve removed the reference to Scoop, as it was a promotional press release closely based on the article already cited from Music NZ. Much of the previous History section content was almost word-for-word from that Scoop release.

The original version of the section is archived in my sandbox for reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AotearoaArchivist/sandbox

This article could also benefit from a broader update to include Taane’s more recent work over the past decade, which is currently underrepresented. Arguably, more weight should be given to his notable work than the legal issues, which currently dominate the article's latter sections.

Happy to discuss or assist further.

AotearoaArchivist (talk) 04:21, 22 July 2025 (UTC)