Ētahi hononga whaitake ki te ao puoro o Aotearoa

• Databases and Directories

• Education

• International 

• Magazines

• Māori / Pacific

• Organisations

• Performance

• Presenters / Promoters 

• Publishers

• Record Labels

• Support

Databases/Directories

• Cultural funding guide  - Hosted by Ministry of Culture and Heritage
• Alexander Turnbull Library - Database including the Archive of New Zealand Music
• CAFE : Community Artists for Education  - Hosted by Arts Online, a directory of artists available to work with schools
• indexNZ - A searchable database containing abstracts from ~1000 New Zealand periodicals and newspapers
• NZ Music Services Directory - directory of NZ music industry contacts
• SIBMAS -  International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts which has an international directory including NZ
• National Library Archive of New Zealand Music - World's largest archive of unpublished material relating to New Zealand music and musicians
• National Library Music Collections and Services - Information on services and resources offered by NZ's National Library
• National Library Music Hire Service - Database of choral and orchestral scores available from the National Library
• National Library New Zealand Music, Sound, & Audio-visual Collection - The National Library's collection of New Zealand music
• NZ Folksong - Old work ballads, Maori waiata and recent songs about the Kiwi way of life - lyrics, chords, tunes and background information
• SOUNZ - Database of thousands of works by hundreds of New Zealand composers
• APRA AMCOS Works Search - APRA's database for music writers
• Wellington Local Music Collection - Wellington City Libraries' browsable portal

Education:

associations

• IRMTNZ - Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand
• MENZA  - Music Education New Zealand Aotearoa (formerly NZSME)
• NZSMT - New Zealand Society for Music Therapy
   

• examination boards

• ABRSM - Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
• NZMEB - New Zealand Music Examinations Board
• St Cecilia - St. Cecilia Examinations New Zealand
• Trinity College London - International Examinations Board
• List of NZ piano pieces for exams
   
  

  events/competitions/workshops

• Auckland Philharmonia  - Community and education
• Chamber Music NZ: School Music Contest - Performance and composition contest information
• New Zealand National Singing School - Biannual singing school
• Smokefree Rockquest - Dates and information for secondary school music competition
• NZSO National Youth Orchestra - Young performers and Composer-in-residence
• The New Zealand Opera School - Annual school in opera singing
• The Big Sing - NZ secondary schools singing competition with composition competition
   

music schools

• National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries - The University of Auckland | Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau
• University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha - Te Kura Puoro
• Ara Institute of Canterbury - Music Arts
• Christchurch School of Music | Te Kura Pūoro 
• University of Waikato | Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato - Music
• Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand - MAINZ
• Nelson Centre of Musical Arts (formerly Nelson School of Music)
• New Zealand School of Music | Te Kōkī - Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka, Wellington
• Massey University | Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa - Commercial music, Wellington
• University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo - Music
• Southern Institute of Technology | Te Whare Wananga O Murihiku - SIT, Invercargill
   

resources

• Arts Online - An online community with teaching resources for dance, drama, visual arts, art history, music and drama teachers in primary and secondary schools
• Chimaera - Learning guides for NZ music, CD-ROM, free online lesson
• Discover - The National Library's services to schools
• Hofnote (Music Teacher Support Ltd) -  Helping music teachers to build aural skills in their students
• Kids Music Company - CDs of original NZ songs with handbooks for teachers
• Learning Ideas Limited - Quality resources designed specifically for NCEA music
• New Zealand Folk Song - Home-made songs about life in New Zealand
• Musicnet - New Zealand High School Music Teachers  community page
• New Zealand Music for Recorders - Compiled by Nicholas Lander
• Noteable - Music education resources
• Pandemonium Percussion -  Christchurch percussion ensemble who provide NCEA resources
• Promethean Editions -  Learning guides, workbook scores for NZ music (years 11-13)
• SOUNZ - NZ music resources for educators including NCEA SOUNZwrite guides
• TKI -  Te Kete Ipurangi: The Online Learning Centre
• UCA - Universal Childrens Audio, tapes and CDs

International

• ACMA - Australasian Computer Music Association
• IAMIC - International Association of Music Information Centres
• IAML - International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres
• IAWM - International Alliance of Women in Music
• ISCM - International Society for Contemporary Music
• Living Composers Project - Information provided by composers about themselves

Magazines

• APRAP New Zealand - APRA's publication
• Canzona - Official yearbook of the Composers' Association of New Zealand
• Middle C - Articles and reviews about NZ classical music and musicians
• Music in New Zealand - Archive of magazine for composers, players, listeners and students
• New Zealand Opera News
• NZ Musician Magazine - Equipment, reviews, profiles, news, education and info
• SOUNZ News - Journal of the Centre for New Zealand Music
• Tune Me In - The MENZA magazine, making Education brighter through Music

Māori/Pacific

• Archive of Maori and Pacific Music - The largest Pacific ethnographic sound collection
• NZ Folksong - Old work ballads, Maori waiata and recent songs about the Kiwi way of life - lyrics, chords, tunes and background information
• Puatatangi - Contemporary Maori Music Committee of Toi Maori Aotearoa
• Traditional Maori instruments - Pictures and sound as demonstrated by Richard Nunns
• SOUNZ database - List of Māori composers registered with SOUNZ

Organisations:

music

• APRA AMCOS NZ - Australasian Performing Rights Association
• The Audio Foundation - The Audio Foundation
• CANZ - Composers' Association of New Zealand
• Independent Music New Zealand - group of indie recording labels and distributors
• NZ Music Industry Commission - trust for contemporary popular music industry
• NZ On Air - funding agency supporting local content on television and radio
• PANNZ - Performing Arts Network of New Zealand
• Radio New Zealand Concert - Fine music network of Radio New Zealand
• Recorded Music NZ - (Formerly RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand & PPNZ Phonographic Performances NZ)
   

general

• Creative NZ - Arts Council of New Zealand
• DANZ - Dance Aotearoa New Zealand
• Lilburn Residence Trust
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage - Lists music awards, scholarships and residencies
• Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision - (NZ Film Archive) Aims to collect, protect and project NZ's moving image heritage
• Playmarket - Playwrights' agency & script advisory service
• Te Papa Tongarewa : Museum of New Zealand
• Toi Maori Aotearoa - Maori Arts New Zealand
• The Arts Foundation - Promoting and supporting the arts

Performance:

choirs

• Auckland Choral Society
• Cecilian Singers
• Christchurch City Choir
• City Choir Dunedin
• The Graduate Choir
• Hamilton Civic Choir
• Bach Musica NZ
• Orpheus Choir of Wellington
• Southern Consort of Voices
• New Zealand Youth Choir and Voices New Zealand
• New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir
•  The Tudor Consort
• Viva Voce



ensembles

• 175 East
• Brass Band Association of NZ
• From Scratch
• Jade String Quartet
• New Zealand String Quartet
• NZTrio
• Okta
• Saxcess
• Strike Percussion
• Stroma



orchestras

• Auckland Chamber Orchestra
• Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
• Auckland Symphony Orchestra
• Auckland Youth Orchestra
• Canterbury Philharmonia
• Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
• Dunedin Youth Orchestra
• Manawatu Sinfonia and Youth Orchestra
• Manukau City Symphony Orchestra
• NZSO - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
• NZSO National Youth Orchestra
• Orchestra Wellington
• Southern Sinfonia
• St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra
• TWSO - Trusts Waikato Symphony Orchestra
• Wellington Chamber Orchestra
• Wellington Youth Orchestras



opera

• New Zealand Opera
• Opera Factory
• Operatunity

Presenters/Promoters

• Adam Chamber Music Festival
• Auckland Festival
• Chamber Music NZ - Largest presenter of chamber music concerts throughout NZ
• Christchurch Arts Festival
• Christchurch Schools' Music Festival
• Dunedin Arts Festival
• New Zealand Festival of the Arts
• Southern Lakes Festival of Colour
• Taranaki Arts Festival Trust
• Tauranga Festival
• Vitamin-S - A community of musicians engaged in the dialogue of creative improvised music
• Wellington Jazz Festival
• WOMAD - World Music Festival

Publishers

• Bellbird Publications - the works of composer Anthony Ritchie
• DBH Music - the works of composer David Hamilton
• Promethean Editions
• Wai-te-ata Music Press

Record Labels

• Atoll
• empreintes DIGITALes
• Fiff Dimension
• Independent Music New Zealand
• Kiwi Pacific Records
• Naxos
• Ode Records
• Rattle
• The Sound Room
• Trust Records
• Yellow Eye Music

Support Sites

• CANZ - Composers' Association of New Zealand
• The Music - NZ music industry Hub
• Musicweb International - CD and concert reviews and composer profiles
• Muzic.net.nz - Artists, charts, gigs, releases, discussion, downloads
• The New Zealand Opera Society - Supporting Opera in New Zealand
• The Big Idea - Online community of New Zealand's creative industries