April 2025 · NZ #1
Unaware
Te Wehi
Before "Ready to Ride", Te Wehi had already been building something. A rural Bay of Plenty man who taught himself to produce music in his bedroom while running a fencing business, he had been releasing singles steadily since 2023, each one finding a slightly larger audience, and adding another thread to a catalogue rooted in real life, cultural pride, and whakapapa.
"Unaware" arrived in September 2024 on Herepuru Records. A slow-burning reggae track with the warmth and restraint that had become Te Wehi's signature, it climbed through the Aotearoa chart over the following months, reaching #1 in April 2025. By then, "Ready to Ride" with Hori Shaw was already in the pipeline.
How we choose the #1
Each entry represents the song with the most weeks at number one on the New Zealand charts during that calendar month. Where two songs share the same number of weeks, we apply a tiebreaker based on peak chart position, then chart run longevity.
Entries marked as inferred indicate months where primary RIANZ/RMNZ chart data is unavailable. These are reconstructed from contemporary music press, radio playlists, and secondary archival sources, and are clearly labelled.
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