Kia rōnaki :  the Māori performing arts / 
 Māori performing arts 
edited by Rachael Ka'ai-Mahuta, Tania Ka'ai and John Moorfield. 
 - xxii, 330 pages :  illustrations (some colour) ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The genesis of waiata and haka -- Kakahu : symbols of identity -- When opposing world views converge : a review of the early literature pertaining to waiata and haka -- Iti te kup, nui te korero : the timeless compositions of Ngoi pewhairangi and Tuini Ngawai --Modern composition -- Colonising waiata : the dawn of a new socio-cultural soundscape -- Digital technology for the preservation and dissemination of waiata and haka. 
<br/><br/> "This book has been compiled to cover the full range of these arts and to focus on particular aspects that are integral to both traditional and modern performance. Some of the country's most renowned experts have made valuable contributions to this collection.... while each of the twenty-five chapters focuses on a particular aspect of the Maori performing arts.... model (fig. 0.1) highlights the importance of the interrelatedness of not only the various arts but of the whole culture..."-- page xiv. 
<br/><br/><br/>In English and Maori. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1486002404 9781486002405 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Haka (Dance)<br/>Māori (New Zealand people)--Social life and customs<br/>Kapa haka<br/>Tikanga<br/>Poi<br/>Toi whakaari
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>793.31993