Story: Waiata hōu – contemporary Māori songs

More links and websites

• The Archive of Māori and Pacific Music

  A sound collection of Māori and Pacific music, at the University of Auckland.

• He ara puoro

  Richard Nunns explains and plays a number of taonga puoro (traditional Maori instruments) in this collaboration with Radio New Zealand.

• Rikihana’s songbook

  Toby Rikihana’s compilation of waiata for school teachers.

• Te Matatini Kapa Haka Aotearoa

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

• Waiata: Māori song

  An extensive list of waiata, with lyrics and sound files.

More suggestions and sources

• Armstrong, Alan, and Reupena Ngata. Māori action songs. Auckland: Reed, 2002.
• Kāretu, Tīmoti. Haka: te tohu o te whenua rangatira: the dance of a noble people. Auckland: Reed, 1993.
• Ngāwai, Tuini. Tuini: her life and her songs. Tokomaru Bay: Hokowhitu-a-Tu; Gisborne: Te Rau Press, 1985.