Waiata-ā-ringa: Will waiata-ā-ringa Replace Classical Chant in the New Century?

Professor Kiiretu (Tuhoe) is the Miiori Language Commissioner and nominated 1995 as Miiori Language Year. He was for many years Professor of Miiori Studies at Waikato University where he built up a department with strengths in the teaching of the Miiori Language. In a recent publication, Haka, the dance of a noble people (Reed, 1993), he draws on deep knowledge of Miiori language and culture. This seminar was given at the Stout Research Centre, on 7 June.