Archive of Māori and Pacific Sound
Promoting knowledge and understanding of Māori and Pacific peoples through sound.
Formerly known as the Archive of Māori and Pacific Music.
- Search or browse the Archive index.
- Explore by culture, iwi, performer or place, or by the featured collection of The Music of Samoa.
- For an item of interest, use the Request link and fill in the details.
- The staff will supply you with the digitised sound recording.
- This service is available to researchers, students and the general public.
Visits by appointment
- Visits are welcome but are by appointment only as audiovisual recordings take time to source and prepare for listening.
- Much of the collection is not yet in the digital domain.
- Submit an online Request for what you wish to listen to or watch.
- The staff will then advise you concerning availability and appointment times.
Explore selected collections online
Fāgogo: fables from Samoa
Recorded in Samoan in the 1960s by Richard Moyle as part of a survey of traditional forms of music. They are intended to allow the student of Samoan language to learn as a Samoan child primarily does – by listening. See also the publication Fāgogo : fables from Samoa in Samoan and English.
South Pacific Arts Festival 1976
Held in Rotorua, New Zealand. The collection includes video and audio clips, photographs, colour slides, programmes, leaflets and song texts.
New Zealand Polynesian Festival 1981
Held at the Avondale Racecourse, Auckland, New Zealand, February 6,7,8, 1981. The collection includes video and audio clips, photographs, colour slides, programmes, leaflets and song texts.
Takū Islands Research
Recordings of the language, and traditional religious and cultural practices, by Richard Moyle. Watch an interview with Richard Moyle, where he discusses ethnomusicology, his Takū Islands research and the Archive.