The
music of New Zealand provides variety in style and ethnicity.
Maori music consists of
waiata[?], (literally
songs), as well as
haka[?], ("war" dances). As the Maori have an oral history, it was only when Sir
Apirana Ngata[?] wrote down and recorded waiata and traditional poetry early in the twentieth century that any of this music was preserved or became widely known. The overall traditional musical performance is now known as
kapahaka[?], which often involves actions performed with sticks that are thumped or the
poi - a small ball on the end of a string - that are twirled in the hands and slapped to provide rythmic accompaniment. While the
guitar has become an almost universal instrument to accompany kapahaka performances today, traditional instruments, which are primarily woodwind, can give hauntingly eerie sounds. Some modern artists have revived the use of these traditional instruments and are writing and performing original insrumental maori music that has a unique sound.
As New Zealand is the largest nation in
polynesia, its music has been influenced by the indigenous
Maori and immigrants from the Pacific. While the majority musical culture originates from New Zealand's British colonial history, with a high component of music from major European and American sources, local artists have mixed these styles with local influences to create music that is uniquely New Zealand in style.
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