LibGuides: Māori Studies: Taonga Pūoro

Māori Music

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Traditional Instruments

Taonga Pūoro : Traditional Māori Instruments
RNZ interviews and sound bytes. Here we’re featuring compositions using taonga pūoro. Amelia Nurse spoke to composers and performers about the issues of combining Māori and Western music. Richard Nunns, Horomona Horo, Martin Lodge, and Gillian Whitehead share their views with her. (Copyrighted, cannot be downloaded)
Taonga Pūoro : Chamber Music New Zealand
A broad, multi-disciplinary study of international significance is underway at the University of Otago. The haunting and beautiful sounds of taonga pūoro is something rooted in the fabric of our landscape in Aotearoa, Led by Dr Jennifer Cattermole.
The sounds of Taoka Pūoro : Otago Musuem
This collection of images and sounds is designed to be used as a learning tool for tamariki, to explore the sounds of Māori music and the technology used to create these sounds.
Taonga Pūoro : National Library
The National Library catalogue on taonga pūoro / taoka pūoro, instrument makers, performers and wananga (workshops).
Taonga Pūoro : SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music
An Introduction to Taonga Puoro | Educational series.
Archive of Māori and Pacific Sound : Auckland University
Promoting knowledge and understanding of Māori and Pacific peoples through sound. The collection spans materials from 1919 to the present and includes vocal and instrumental music, oral histories, stories, and language resources from Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Pacific. Preservation and restoration are key activities.
Taoka Pūoro : Music Websites
A collection of links to online resources and websites about taoka pūoro - music. (ChCh)
Taonga Pūoro : National Digital Heritage Archive
Dr Richard Nunns : ngā taonga pūoro
- Traditional Māori musical instruments. (Interview)
The Pantograph Punch
Te Pū me te Oro: The Crafting of Taonga Pūoro by Khali Philip-Barbara, Tāmihana Kātene and Hinewirangi Kohu-Morgan with curator Isaac Te Awa on the making of taonga pūoro.

Te Reo Waiata

Te Reo Waiata Playlist : Spotify
NZ On Air. In collaboration with Te Māngai Pāho, we have curated this collection of songs to celebrate some of Aotearoa's finest waiata with this Te Reo Māori playlist.
Māori Television : Music
On-Demand Māori television in Te Reo concentrating on music.
Waiata Anthems
A celebration of Te Reo Māori in popular New Zealand music.
Ngā Waiata Kairangi i Te Reo Māori o Te Rārangi 10 o Runga : The Official NZ Music Charts
Ngā Waiata tekau - nui taioreore i te reo Māori mā te hoko, pāho ipurangi, reo irirangi anō hoki.
The 10 biggest tracks in te reo Māori by sales, streams and airplay.
Te Kōtare Waiata
Waiata Māori for children, teachers and whānau. This collection of waiata by the late Jenny Shearer, with support from the Ministry of Education, are distributed with curriculum notes to all Early Childhood Centers, Kura and Primary Schools across Aotearoa. Music, animated video, translations and chords are available on this site for everyone to enjoy and share.
New Zealand Folk Song
Welcome to these pages for home-made songs about life in New Zealand. Waiata - Māori Song. (John Archer)
Ngā Mōteatea (Book 1) : NZ Folk Song
"Nga Moteatea The Songs" editor A. T. Ngata (2007) Index of all four books. All of Part One is on-line
Texts and annotations in Maori and English

Social Media

Māori Showbands

Māori Showbands Tribute Page The Māori Hi-Five

Sir Howard Morrison Quartet The Māori Volcanics

The Quin-Tikis Patea Māori Club

Pixie Williams

Contemporary Māori Musicians

Ariana Tikao (Taonga Pūoro / Taoka Pūoro) waiatamaori (Reo) Festivals (Reo)

Stan Walker (Te Reo) reomāori (Reo) Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe

Whirimako Black (Te Reo) taonga puoro (taonga pūoro) Te Matatini

Alien Weaponry (Te Reo)

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Māori Showbands & Sir Howard Morrison

Māori Hi-Five
An evening with a showband was a mix of musical comedy and cabaret, tourist variety act, vaudeville show and rock and roll dance. The Māori Hi-Five is considered the first true Māori showband: The group exemplified the genre.
The Māori Hi -Five (Music)
NZ Māori showband, active from the late 1950s until 1970. members : "King" Solomon Pohatu, Charlotte Pohe, Ike Mete-Kingi, Robert Hemi, Tuki Witika, Wes Epae.
Howard Morrison Quartet
In the early 1960s The Howard Morrison Quartet became an entertainment phenomenon by merging family-friendly music with uniquely New Zealand humour. Their success helped create New Zealand’s modern music industry.
The Sir Howard Morrison Collection
NZ On Screen - Sir Howard Morrison (1935 - 2009) was a Kiwi show business icon. This collection is a celebration of 'Ol' Brown Eyes' on screen. From classic concerts and performances of 'Whakaaria Mai', to riffing with Billy T James.
Kaupapa on the Couch: the incredible Māori showbands : The Spinoff
Dance down memory lane with us to a time when the Māori showbands ruled supreme.
When The Haka became Boggie
Directed by Tainui Stephens. The second episode looks at the showband era (1950s - 70s), when musicians mixed genres (electric guitar, rock’n’roll) with Māori culture, to make a unique contribution to Kiwi show business. Acts like The Howard Morrison Quartet, The Māori Volcanics, The Quin Tikis and The Māori Hi-Fives took songs from marae to international cabarets.
Māori Showbands
The Maori Showbands borrowed from many musical forms to create their own genre of live entertainment.