NZ Ukulele

23/08/2026

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vtfn9-0hJqA&si=Sv90KSf4wlOs8jv6

The ukulele isn’t just a tiny instrument—it’s the sound of Hawaii, ...

27/07/2026

We are so excited and SO delighted to have a ukulele version of BECAUSE, by the Aotearoa Children's Music Awards winners Spellodies in our Kiwileles programme! A massive thank you to Steph and Fin for recording this especially for us, in the key of C.
It's already on the setlist for the Ōtepoti Kiwilele Jams in term 4 and we know your kids will LOVE it! IF YOU CAN YELL IT, THEN YOU CAN SPELL IT (and strum it!!)

You can watch a taster of it here, along with two more additions to our 2026 Songbank and one from last year (all by APRA Aotearoa Music Award winners!!)

You can still register for the Kiwileles programme, to give you access to a heap of fantasitc waiata and songs, specifically chosen for our ākonga in Aotearoa: https://nzukulele.org.nz/login

08/06/2026

LET'S GET STRUMMING with comedy legend Tom Sainsbury!

Head to our website to get FREE access to resources if you are a school / kura in Aotearoa, or to make a donation if you would like to support our programmes. 😍

www.nzukulele.org.nz

Thanks Tom & Vicki - you'll be rocking that uke in no time 🙌

07/06/2026

https://tim1368652.substack.com/p/why-ukulele?r=7odzym

30/05/2026

The findings come as children’s lives have increasingly become saturated with social media

20/05/2026

What an honour it was to receive the Baysting Prize for Children’s Champion in 2024, and have the opportunity to meet some of the finest Aotearoa Kids songwriters. We can’t wait to find out who the winners are in 2026 🤩

21/04/2026

Always good to hear from our contributing artists, in this case the fabulous Jeremy Hantler and Ryan McIntyre from the Harmonic Resonators!

Have you registered yet for the Kiwileles programme in 2026? 502 schools have ... lets make it 600!

www.nzukulele.org.nz/login

20/04/2026

With ANZAC Day this weekend, and Matariki approaching at the end of this term, NZ Ukulele's Kiwileles Songbank has you covered with two newly added songs that your tamariki will love.

For ANZAC Day, check out Marian Burns' moving and thought-provoking song - Beautiful Soldier.

For Matariki, we are delighted to add Mānawati a Matariki, by Te Whānau Mānihera & the Harmonic Resonators (including our great friend and Kiwilele Jam host Jeremy Hantler).

You can still register for 2026 for FREE - our songs can be used for assemblies, choir, Kapa Haka, class and school singing, and ... ukulele of course!!

Register at www.nzukulele.org.nz/login

18/04/2026

Alongside a plethora of other issues, the draft Arts Curriculum shifts music education away from joyful, collaborative singing and playing towards individual instrument skill development, with the ukulele barely mentioned and no guidance on how to teach it.

If you have not already, we urge you to make a submission. It can be brief! Should you complete the form, you will be given the opportunity to comment on the purpose, the learning area structure, the introduction and teaching sequences, and the overall feedback and support materials.

If you don’t wish to engage with the Ministry’s questions, you can skip these boxes and head to the “attach a document” section to provide your own feedback.

There is fantastic support for how to do this below - we have until 24 April to do so.

The Arts Years 0–10 Learning Area Click the links below for everything you need to participate in the consultation on The Arts Year 0–10 learning area. Snapshot summary of key issues in the draft Arts View the Learning Area Link to the consultation survey document