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I am looking for a book on the tikanga of different types of waiata. Can you help?

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In Library Search you can search on waiata.

This finds useful books including the following:

Orbell, M. (2009). Waiata : Maori songs in history : an anthology. Penguin.
McLean, M., & Orbell, M. (2004). Traditional songs of the Maori (3rd ed.). Auckland University Press

McLean, M. (1996). Māori music. Auckland University Press.