Recordings made at Tokaanu by Ngāti Tūwharetoa.

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Reference
34008
Media type
Audio
Series
D series, ca. 1935-1950s.
Duration
01:34:12
Credits
RNZ Collection
Tuwharetoa, Ngati, Performer
Jones, Pei Te Hurinui (b.1898, d.1976), Speaker/Kaikōrero

Recordings of performances at Tokaanu by Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Each of the items is introduced in Māori and English [by Pei Te Hurinui Jones].

1) Lament for Te Wano - a chief of Ngāti Apakura, Te Awamutu District.

2) Lament for Te Heu Heu Herea by his son Te Heu Heu Tūkino. Herea was killed in landslide near Tokaanu in 1846.

3) Pātere by Erenora Taratoa of Ngāti Raukawa near Ōtaki.

4) "He Waiata Whaiapo" Love song composed by Te Kāhui for Te Heu Heu Tūkino, Paramount Chief of Taupō.

5) Waiata - A cursing song composed by Kārangi, a Chieftainess of Ngāti Raukawa.

6) Tī Ori Ori - A lullaby composed by Rangiiripu, a Chieftainess of Ngāti Tūwharetoa for her granddaughter Perehinga Awate.

7) Lament for Poutaka for Te Wharerangi, a Chief of Rotoaire district who was killed in battle.

8) Commentary on song of grief by Kui Kui when she was abandoned by her husband.

9) The song of grief.

10) Classic lament composed by Chief Te Heu Heu Tūkino on death of his brother Pāpaka, in the battle of Haowhenua, 1834.

11) Haka - the famous war cry of Te Rauparaha, 'Ka mate!, Ka mate!'

12) Waiata - ‘Tuhia te pō, tuhia te ao,’ composed by Ngāti Tūrangi , a sub-tribe of Tūwharetoa when they heard their land was likely to be sub-divided.

13) Lament by Tiniwaita on death of his son Ngahainga.

14) Lament by Ketura, a high ranking woman of Ngāti Tutemotuta and Ngāti Hine, hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, on the departure of her husband to Hawkes Bay.

15) Classic lament composed by Te Heu Heu Iwikau on death of his elder brother killed by a landslide near Tokaanu 1846.

16) Lament by Te Tomo on death of his son Mānuera, a catechist of the Catholic Church during the early history of Christianity among the Taupō people.

17) Waiata - a love song composed by Puhiwahine of Tūwharetoa and Maniapoto tribes when forced to part from her lover Mahutu Te Toko.

18) Song sung by Mahutu Te Toko when he met his old love, Puhiwahine, after many years.

19) Haka - famous war cry of Wairangi, an ancestor of a section of Taupō people who live around Mōkai district.

20) A maemae or death chant sung on death of Wahineiti, famous Raukawa Chief.

21) Oriori or lullaby popular amongst Ngāti Parakawa, sub-tribe of Tūwharetoa.

22) Lament by Hitiri Te Paerata on death of his son Tutini.

23) Pōwhiri - description of an official welcome to guests of honour.