Teaching Ideas
Find similar songs in your target language and compare to the waiata.
This collection includes lyrics, song sheets, curriculum achievement objectives, and suggestions for activities.
The waiata tracks, lyrics and song sheets can be downloaded and copied for classroom use.
Join our tuakana, Kaharau and Moana-Roa in Kia Mau on Māori Television! A fun sing along, instructional, Māori Performing Arts series.
This includes videos on a selection of waiata and their lyrics.
This website includes te reo Maori and English translation and an audio for most of the waiata.
This website provides a great selection Maori waiata including their English translation and background details about each song.
You can also find a list of Pakeha NZ songs.
The songs on this website are based on their language lessons, and some of them have the English alongside.
These are common phrases that could be found in the Māori dictionary.
NZ Musicians
NZ Song writers sing their songs in Te Reo Maori
Announcing a celebration of te reo Māori in popular New Zealand music
NZ Musicians/ artists - Te Reo Maori
Overview of NZ musicians who sing in Te Reo Māori or otherwise have a connection to the language and culture.