Waiata Aroha
Waiata is a word in the Māori language meaning "song", and may refer to: * Māori music#Waiata * ''Waiata'' (album), a 1981 album by Split Enz * ''Waiata / Anthems ''Waiata / Anthems'' is compilation album by New Zealand artists, whereby they re-record previous songs from English to Māori language. It was released in New Zealand 6 September 2019 and it debuted at number 1 on the Official New Zealand Music ...

Māori Music
Traditional Māori music, or pūoro Māori, is composed or performed by Māori people, Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, and includes a wide variety of folk music styles, often integrated with poetry and dance. In addition to these traditions and musical heritage, since the 19th-century European colonisation of New Zealand Māori musicians and performers have adopted and interpreted many of the imported Western musical styles. Contemporary rock and roll, soul music, soul, reggae, and hip hop music, hip hop all feature a variety of notable Māori performers. Traditional forms Waiata Songs (''waiata'') are sung solo, in unison, or at the octave. Types of songs include lullabies (''oriori''), love songs (''waiata aroha''), and Lament, laments (''waiata tangi''). Traditionally all formal speeches are followed by a waiata sung by the speaker and their group of supporters. Some of the smaller wind instruments are also sung into, and the sound of the ''poi'' (Typha orientalis ...
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Waiata (album)
''Waiata'' is the sixth studio album by New Zealand new wave band Split Enz, released in March 1981. Its Australian release was titled ''Corroboree''. ''Waiata'' is the Māori term for song and singing, while ''corroboree'' is an Aboriginal term. According to Noel Crombie the intention was to name the album using a word from the natives of every country it was released in. This did not go ahead and the only country to adopt this change was Australia. The rest of the world kept the New Zealand title ''Waiata''. The songs "History Never Repeats" and "One Step Ahead" were among the first music videos aired on MTV when the cable television channel launched in the United States in 1981. Track listing All songs written by Tim Finn, except where noted. Side one: # "Hard Act to Follow" – 3:17 # " One Step Ahead" (Neil Finn) – 2:52 # " I Don't Wanna Dance" – 3:34 # "Iris" (N. Finn) – 2:50 # "Wail" (Eddie Rayner) – 2:49 # "Clumsy" – 3:29 Side two: # "History Never Repeats" ...
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