Featured Songs

  • Ngoi Pēwhairangi,

    Kia kaha ngā iwi

    This is a waiata-ā-ringa. It was composed in 1967 for the kapa haka, Te Hokowhitu-ā-Tū. Ngoi composed the waiata for Te Hokowhitu-ā-Tū to perform at the Tamararo Māori...

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  • Tīmoti Kāretu,

    E noho ana

    This ngeri was composed at the request of the students who wanted to have a ngeri especially composed for them.  It was performed by them at the New Zealand Polynesian...

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Tāmata Toiere will only display waiata and haka that have the full approval and consent of the composer, their whānau, hapū or iwi. Therefore, the repository will only grow with the help of contributors.

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If there is a composition you wish to contribute but you only have the lyrics at this time, it would still be extremely valuable. We can load the lyrics to begin with and get a page started for the composition; then we can always add the other information at a later date.