Featured Songs

• Tīmoti Kāretu

  He aha rā kei te tau o taku ate?

  The serious question being asked is how can the Māori language survive?  The answer is by everyone continuing to speak it - there is no other way!  This was used as the...

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• Ngoi Pēwhairangi

  Aku Raukura

  Hurihuri noa
  Ka wawata noa
  Hurihuri noa
  Ka wawata noa
  Kei te wawata ahau e
  Mō aku ōhākī kia hoki mai
  Te puna waiora o aku raukura taukurī e
  Kua tae rā ki te wā e...

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Tāmata Toiere aims to provide comprehensive information about waiata and haka. Included in this will be: the lyrics, a translation, an eplanation of the context behind the composition and the reasons it was composed, a biography of the composer, an audio file, a video file, any photos of relevance, and a list of references for further study.