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 schoolteachers.

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.

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.