Story: Kapa Haka

More links and websites

• Te Matatini Kapa Haka Aotearoa

  The national organisation for kapa haka, which runs the biennial national festival of the same name.

More suggestions and sources

• Armstrong, Alan. Maori games and hakas: instructions, words and actions. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1964.
• Dewes, Te Kuru o te Marama and Simon Day, ‘The power of kapa haka can change the future of Aotearoa’, The Spinoff, 25 August 2022.
• Gardiner, Wira. Haka: a living tradition. Auckland: Hodder Moa, 2007.
• Haami, Bradford. Ka mau te wehi: Taking haka to the world: Bub & Nen’s story. Auckland: Ngāpō and Pīmia Wehi Whānau Trust, 2013.
• Kaʻai-Mahuta, Rachael, Tania Kaʻai and John Moorfield, eds. Kia rōnaki: the Māori performing arts. Rosedale, Auckland: Pearson, 2013.
• Kāretu, Tīmoti. Haka: te tohu o te whenua rangatira: the dance of a noble people. Auckland: Reed, 1993.
• McLean, Mervyn. Māori music. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1996.
• Nikora, Linda Waimarie, et al., The value of kapa haka: an overview report. Auckland: Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, 2022.
• Te Kotahi Research Institute, Ngā hua a tāne rore: the benefits of kapa haka, Wellington: Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, 2014.