Paraire Tomoana (‘Hoea rā’, ‘E pari rā’) Hēnare Waitoa (‘Tomo mai’, later a pop hit as ‘Hoki mai’) Kīngi Tāhiwi (‘He pūru taitama’) Tuini Ngāwai (‘Haere rā e roa’, ‘Arohaina mai’).

The three main types of traditional waiata are oriori (lullabies), waiata tangi (laments) and waiata aroha (love songs). Waiata tangi are laments about issues such as illness, death, loss of land or a wrecked canoe. Waiata aroha often focus on the sad aspects of love, such as a husband away at war or loss of a lover.