A Waikato student has created an app aimed at making Waiata an accessible, easy and fun experience.
The Wintec Wiata app was launched this week as part of Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori – Maori Language Week.
The app features seven well-known Waiata on it, where users can sing along to the vocals or read the lyrics in Te Reo Maori or English.
It was initially created by five IT students as part of a class assignment but has evolved into a resource readily used during Wintec’s powhiri and hui, with the potential to expand nationally to encourage participation and engagement in Waiata.
Tutor Hami Te Momo said the Level 7 Bachelor of Applied Information Technology students went above and beyond his expectations.
“We are always at our hui and either not a lot of our staff know our songs or we’ve got pieces of paper that we carry around us, so we wanted to changed that,” Te Momo said.
