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• Ōrotokare: Art, Story, Motion : towards indigenous theatre and performing arts
  Experimental theatre group based in Wellington, New Zealand which aims to rediscover, explore and renew traditional indigenous/Māori performing arts forms. Information about their philiosophy, people and activities and online newsletter Kōtātara.
  
  
• Ali Brown : flax weaving and tutoring
  Information about gathering, preparing, dyeing and weaving flax. Includes reviews of relevant books, a history of New Zealand flax, a blog, and workshops offered by Ali Brown.
  
  
• Ao hou = The new world
  Te Ao Hou/The New World was published from 1952-75 by the Dept. of Māori Affairs to provide "interesting and informative reading for Maori homes". All issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Aotearoa.co.nz
  Promotes New Zealand and Pacific art : Māori design bone carvings, greenstone carvings, wood carvings, Māori and Pacific prints, jewellery, stylised tuatara, tapa cloth. Online ordering available.
  
  
• Archive of Māori and Pacific Music
  The archive at the Anthropology Department, Dept of the University of Auckland houses the world's largest ethnographic sound collection relating to the Pacific.
  
  
• ASB Polyfest :
  Annual Auckland festival. Rules; programme of events; site map; results; sponsor, media and stallholder information for the current festival.
  
  
• Atamira Dance Collective : Māori contemporary dance theatre
  Auckland based collective of top young Māori dancers and choreographers. Includes artist profiles, news, and reviews.
  
  
• Bone Art Place
  Commercial site offering carvings for sale and brief information on the meaning of the carvings.
  
  
• Brown Pages : an independent Māori and Pacific Island people's indigenous arts and media network
  Arts and media news and events, and an online newsletter. Includes Pacific news.
  
  
• English-Māori word translator = Ngā aho whakamāori-ā-tuhi
  Translates words into English or Māori, from the University of Otago.
  
  
• From Hawaiki to Hawaiki : the Māori people of Aotearoa, New Zealand
  The magic of being Māori, the indigenous Māori people - their culture, history, mythology, legend and whakapapa (genealogy).
  
  
• Funding. Te Waka Toi
  Te Waka Toi, the Māori Arts Board of Creative New Zealand, allocates project grants and develops initiatives under the Tangata Whenua "for Māori by Māori" goal.
  
  
• Haka!
  Information on the Haka as performed by the All Blacks, along with news about rugby in New Zealand.
  
  
• He ara pūoro = A pathway of song
  Richard Nunns plays traditional Māori instruments and explains their history, voices and functions.
  
  
• Home of Poi and fire twirling
  Provides contact with other spinners and twirlers around the world, has extensive resources on the art of spinning, swinging and twirling, provides online lessons for poi and staff twirling and has an online shop. Includes events diary, video footage and a picture gallery.
  
  
• Index of Māori names / compiled by Henry James Fletcher
  Index compiled in about 1925 of Māori names referred to in books and journals, including the names of boundaries, Māori individuals, canoes, trees, landmarks and geographical locations.
  
  
• Information on the Māori language of New Zealand
  The main focus is on the structure of Māori, Māori language revitalization and Māori-medium education.
  
  
• Jade and bone
  A gallery of Clem Mellish and Brian Flintoff's work and an introduction to their philosophy of carving.
  
  
• John Bevan Ford, Aotearoa, New Zealand
  Showcases the work of the Māori painter and sculptor John Bevan Ford. Includes biographical details, and images of artworks, including prints for sale.
  
  
• Kōrero Māori
  Māori Language Commission site for beginners to advanced speakers of the Māori language. Includes interactive guides, resources, and cultural information.
  
  
• Karaitiana N. Taiuru
  Personal web page. Provides computer and internet tips and free software for Māori language and genealogical use, including information about iwi.nz and .maori.nz.
  
  
• Kotahi mano kāika, kotahi mano wawata
  Māori language resources and support for families who wish to use te reo Māori more often in their daily lives. Discusses the benefits of speaking Māori at home, and issues around raising bilingual children.
  
  
• Kura : contemporary ethnic art
  Website of Kura, an ethnic art gallery that that promotes the development and sales of contemporary Māori art in Aotearoa. Site includes artists and their work, information about exhibitions, and news.
  
  
• Mā Te Reo : mā te reo, me te reo, mō te reo
  Government funded programme to support local level Māori language regeneration. Includes links to resources and publications.
  
  
• Māori art cyberwhare
  Links to sites displaying a variety of Māori arts.
  
  
• Māori as he was : a brief account of Māori life as it was in pre-European days
  By Elsdon Best. E-book. Original published 1934. A critique of this work by Philip Steer is also available.
  
  
• Māori culture
  Māori activities, operations, exhibitions, programmes and events at Tamaki Paenga Hira, the Auckland Museum and also out in the community.
  
  
• Māori Merchant of Venice
  Māori film version of William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice.
  
  
• Māori Music Industry Coalition
  MMIC provides support network for Māori artists and establishes policy for promoting the Māori music industry. Includes information on music awards, news, and events, and profiles of musicians.
  
  
• Māori performing arts : kapa haka
  Information, sound and video clips of traditional Māori music and song, including waiata.
  
  
• Māori
  A collection of images of New Zealand scenes and Māori artefacts. Site developed by Professor Ron Johnson, Humboldt State University.
  
  
• Māori. Volume 1 / by Elsdon Best
  E-book. Original published 1924. A study representing the most complete survey of Māori culture of that time.
  
  
• Māorilanguage.net
  Free basic Māori Language online video lessons. Links to other Māori Language resources.
  
  
• Māui : one man against the Gods
  Website of the theatre production Māui. Site includes information about the legend Māui, the show, the team and prodution history, as well as storyline, reviews, and audio and video clips.
  
  
• Manawa o te reo
  A yearly publication from Christchurch City Libraries, to promote the events organised during Māori Language Week as well as highlighting other interesting facts relating to te Reo Māori.
  
  
• Maori.org.nz
  Includes information about marae, kapa haka, email directory and educational resources. Also virtual whare, images of manu, weapons, tukutuku and information on marae protocol and myths and legends.
  
  
• Maori.org.nz. Carving = Whakairo
  Includes information about how to read a Māori carving and mediums used in carving.
  
  
• Maori.org.nz. Māori language online : an online Māori language course and listings of resources
  Online Te Reo Māori course with a guide to pronunciation and audio files.
  
  
• Maorimusic.com
  Maorimusic.com distributes Māori recordings from several labels. The web site provides some audio clips, some musicians' websites and articles about the New Zealand music industry ("Music Biz").
  
  
• Maorinews.com : news, views, commentary & writings
  News, views, commentaries and writings of Ross N. Himona. Includes access to Te Putatara, Ko Huiarau File and Te Karere Ipurangi.
  
  
• Mika : Polynesia's king of kabaret
  A Māori entertainer, writer and businessman. Includes information on shows, courses and workshops.
  
  
• Muka
  He Muka is the quarterly newsletter of the Māori Language Commission. Issues available in full-text.
  
  
• New Zealand birds = Ngā manu o Aotearoa
  Information and photographs of New Zealand birds and about birdwatching; Māori myths and lore. Full text of journal of New Zealand Birds.
  
  
• New Zealand folk song. Waiata Māori song
  Waiata, Māori songs by various people and for a variety of occasions.
  
  
• New Zealand Māori taniko weaving
  Judy Shorten showcases her weaving. Includes examples of taniko patterns and taniko images gallery.
  
  
• New Zealand Pacific Beat Street
  A magazine show produced for TV3 and fronted by four hot presenters delivering stories on New Zealand's latest issues, music, sports, fashion, technology, with a distinctly Pacific flavour.
  
  
• Ngā Aho Whakaari
  Supports Māori working in the visual media, and promotes Māori culture within the moving image industries.
  
  
• Ngāi Tahu Māori Rock Art Trust
  Information about the South Island Māori Rock Art Project.
  
  
• Ngata Dictionary
  H. M. Ngata English-Māori Dictionary. Offers extensive selection of English to Māori headwords, illustrating their use in sentences and phrases drawn from a wide range of contemporary and traditional contexts.
  
  
• Pounamu : performing arts
  A Māori cultural performing group and providers of training courses in Māori performing arts.
  
  
• Rangiātea
  Bilingual site. Captures some of the history of Rangiātea the oldest surviving Anglican Maori Church in Otaki, New Zealand, destroyed by fire in 1995, will document the rebuilding.
  
  
• Reotupu
  Commercial computer and web-based reo Māori resources site of Wordstream Corporation.
  
  
• Some aspects of Māori myth and religion : illustrating the mentality of the Māori and his mythopoetic concepts / by Elsdon Best
  E-Book created by the Knowledge Basket. Reviews Māori religious beliefs.
  
  
• Tairāwhiti Arts
  Information about arts and artists on the East Coast. Includes events, competitions, a directory of artists (with images of their work), information about artists' collectives, and fundraising.
  
  
• Taonga
  Free access to electronic copies of publications about Māori including Dominion Museum Monographs and Dominion Museum Bulletin series.
  
  
• Te Matatini : whāia e koe te iti kahurangi : inspiring Māori performance art
  The Te Matatini Society promotes Māori performing arts. The site includes information about the forthcoming biennial National Kapa Haka Festival, the Māori Music Awards including performer profiles, and a news section. The rules of the organisation are available online.
  
  
• Te Ngutu Kura : free Māori spell checker
  Spell-checker offered freely in order to really advance the Maori language in the IT area.
  
  
• Te Reo-o-Taranaki
  Trust formed to manage and co-ordinate the development of Māori language in Taranaki . Includes information of news, events and projects.
  
  
• Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori = Māori Language Commission
  Information about the Māori language and the Commission, including history, language planning, statistics, projects, learning and reference resources, and publications.
  
  
• Tiki page
  Information and images of tiki or heitiki.
  
  
• Tipiwhenua
  Collection of illustrated stories in te reo Māori by students aged 5-12.
  
  
• Toi iho, Māori made
  Registered trade mark used to promote and sell authentic, quality Māori arts and crafts and to authenticate exhibitions and performances of Māori arts by Māori artists. Includes artists' profiles and stockists.
  
  
• Toi Māori Aotearoa
  Charitable trust fostering the development of Māori arts, supported by Creative New Zealand through Te Waka Toi. National network of contemporary Maōri artists. Includes artist profiles and online gallery.
  
  
• Toi o Tahuna
  An online catalogue of paintings, sculptures and prints by Māori artists, which are for sale through Toi o Tahuna Art Gallery in Queenstown.
  
  
• Torotoro
  Dance group fusing ancient and modern Polynesian performing arts. Site contains class and workshop schedules, information on shows, and videos of performances.
  
  
• Traditional Māori arts
  Part of Discover database. Includes images depicting traditional Māori arts from iwi and regional carving styles to woven garments.
  
  
• Traditional Māori music
  A range of images and sound clips, includes traditional Māori instruments, haka and waiata.
  
  
• Traditional Māori proverbs : some general themes / Paul Moon
  A paper by Paul Moon.
  
  
• Waikato Ki Roto o Pōneke
  WKRP is a cultural and social group that exists as a focal point for Māori of Tainui descent, their friends and whānau who live in the Wellington region.
  
  
• Wairoa Māori Film Festival
  Information about the annual Wairoa Māori Film Festival, including the archived site for the inaugural 2005 festival.
  
  
• Waitangi National Trust Estate : our birthplace = te pitowhenua
  Administers the Treaty House and provides information on the history of Waitangi and Māori culture.
  
  
• Waka Matawhaorua me te waka Ngātokimatawhaorua
  Includes a tribal research paper by Hector Matthews on his iwi Te Rarawa.
  
  
• Whanake online
  About the project developing a series of online interactive modules to complement the Te Whanake, Māori language texts and support an immersion/game-style approach to language learning for tertiary and secondary students.