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The waiata eventually grew in popularity through Huata performing it in churches and Bible classes. By the 1960s, the New Zealand government 's Ministry of Education picked up the waiata and started publishing it for use in New Zealand's schools without Huata's consent and didn't credit him as the author. [ 3 ]
Songs (waiata) are sung solo, in unison, or at the octave. Types of songs include lullabies ( oriori ), love songs ( waiata aroha ), and laments ( waiata tangi ). Traditionally all formal speeches are followed by a waiata sung by the speaker and their group of supporters.
Waiata is a word in the Māori language meaning "song", and may refer to: Māori music#Waiata; Waiata, a 1981 album by Split Enz; Waiata / Anthems, a 2019 compilation album by various New Zealand artists.
The waiata sung at Tama-i-uia's death by Rangiuia of Uawa is preserved by J. H. Mitchell. [5] Tama-i-uia is depicted with his wife Utatu and their son Te Rapinga on a poupou carving in the whare whakairo of the Mangatu Blocks office of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki.
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Te Ata Māhina" was a song performed as a waiata tira (choral introduction) at the group's 2019 appearance at Te Matatini. [7] "Te Ata Māhina" was one of the most successful songs sung in Māori in 2022, and was the second highest performing song from the Te Matatini anniversary album, after "Waerea" by Ngā Tūmanako. [8]
Pōnika wrote waiata (songs) in both te reo Māori (the Māori language) and English. [5] She could not read sheet music. [6] [2] Popular waiata (songs) composed by Pōnika include "Aku Mahi", "Kua Rongorongo" and "E Rona E". [6] Her song "Tōia Mai Rā" won a national New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) award in 1966 for best action song.
Since their debut, the group has continued to release pop singles sung in te reo Māori, including "Wairua" (2017), a viral hit produced by members of the New Zealand band Sons of Zion. In addition to Pūkana, the group have featured on the reality shows Voices of Our Future (2017) and season one of Waiata Nation (2020).