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Maori MusicThe Maori are the native peoples of New Zealand. Maori music includes a wide variety of folk styles, often integrated with poetry and dance, as well as modern rock and roll, soul, reggae and especially hip hop. Kapa haka is the most basic kind of Maori performing arts. It is a combination of song and dance, and can involves items such as a poi, a small ball at the end of a string which is whirled around. Dance in kapa haka can be like sign language, with specific moves standing in for ideas that the audience can understand. Waiata Main article: Waiata Waiata is a kind of song that has been around among the Maori since before the arrival of Captain Cook in 1769. By 1870, waiata began developing and modernizing. In 1911, Maggie Papakura began touring around the UK, while Maori music at home became more lively. The middle of the 20th century saw waiata and other forms of Maori music modernize while foreign genres were imported, including jazz, swing and rock. In 1964, the Aotearoa Traditional Maori Performing Arts Festival was founded, though the board did not actually schedule the first concern until 1972, with the express purpose of encouraging the development of Maori music.
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