New Music Release - Casual Healing releases single 'People' from final EP from his elements EP series - 28th November 2025
Artist Name - Casual Healing
Release Name - People
Release Date - 28th September 2025
Genre - Roots, R&B, Soul Music
Label - Casual Healing
Pōneke-based soulful musician Nikau Te Huki (Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairarapa) known to audiences as Casual Healing, has today released ‘People’ - the leading single from his final of four EPS embodying the elements. ‘AHI’ (fire), ‘HAU’ (wind), ‘WAI’ (water) and completing the ambitious cycle, ‘ONE’ (earth) on December 19 are inspired by Te Taiao - the natural world.
Off the back of his latest EP ‘WAI’, Casual Healing is continuing to showcase the mission of his artistry - to create music that forges deep connections between people, spirit and the natural world. ‘People’ is Casual Healing's redemption song. Soul, poetry and acoustic guitar is the body of this hymn, a raw track focusing on lyrics and emotion.
"People hear me now, I see the wicked monetise your sorrow” are the lyrics that resound from the chest of Te Huki. If wisdom is the food of the soul, join us as we digest the words of this carefully written waiata. With every phrase and beat we feel the urgency in this track like slow burning embers.
'People’ is the leading single from Casual Healing's 4th EP of 2025, ONE (pronounced awe-ne). ONE is earth, sand or soil - Te Huki’s dedication to the whenua, the land. Recorded at Massey Studio with a full 11-piece band and engineered by Mike GIbson, ONE is a collection of Acoustic, Soul and Roots/Reggae.
2025 has been a significant year for Casual Healing - writing, recording and releasing his four carefully curated studio EPs that aim to redefine his creative path - and have already been met with acclaim and great warmth from both listeners and the Aotearoa media database.
For over 10 years, Nikau Te Huki has embedded human and spiritual intimacy and connection into the foundation of his artistry. The result has yielded incredible musical results that have mirrored life experiences loved, lived and learned from. His solo project Casual Healing made a stunning debut with the 2024 album DRIFTWOOD, which led to sold-out tours and standout performances at SXSW Sydney, Rhythm & Vines, TSB Festival of Lights and more.
Casual Healing is blazing a trail nationwide to indigenise and revitalise the practise of puoro (music). Leading from the heart as an advocate for musicians and artists of all mediums to be valued as practitioners who provide an essential service, claiming - "it’s art that makes the world go around".