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This is a compilation of recordings made at Ruatoki, Te Teko and Te Araroa in 1953 and 1954. [For full details see the Archive of Māori and Pacific Music Catalogue of Māori Purposes Fund Board Recordings (Mervyn McLean)]
Recordings made at Ruatoki 03 March 1954 [AMPM Catalogue pg 86-87]
00:00-00:24: He kōrero whakamārama. ‘Ko tēnei waiata He waiata nā Motu Tahuna, he tupuna nō Rakuraku mā. Ko ngā kaiwaiata ko Rota Wharetini me tētehi rōpū wahine.
00:40-04:06: Waiata Moteatea, "Whakawairangi ai ōku.."
04:21-04:32: He kōrero whakamārama.
04:32-07:40: Waiata mōteatea, ‘Piritia te wai’ . Ko te kaiwaiata ko Rota Wharetini. "E whiti a te hoa..."
Recordings made at Te Teko 03 March 1954 [AMPM Catalogue pg 86-87]
07:57-09:15: He whaikōrero. He pātere nā Horokai. Ōna uri tokotoru ko Te Muhu, nō Te Teko, ko Hikauepū, ko Ninita. Ko Te Muhu te kaiwaiata nei.
09:15-12:48: He pātere, "E noho ana anō i te koko ki Ohiwa"
13:04-15:26: He kōrero nā Te Muhu [?]
Recordings made at Te Araroa, 21 July 1953 [see AMPM Catalogue pg 36]:
15:36-18:27: Himene, Nō. 116. Ko ngā kaiwaiata ko tētehi rōpū o Te Whānau a Hinerupe. ‘E te atua kua ruia nei’
18:39-22:16: He waiata a ringa nā Apirana Ngata. Ko ngā kaiwaiata ko tētehi rōpū o Te Whānau a Hinerupe. I titoa ia i te tau 1938. ‘I ngā tau tata’
22:36-24:32: He waiata i titoa nō te hui o te whare Hinemauria, kei Wharekahika. ‘Haere mai rā e ngā iwi’
24:42-28:13: He waiata tangi nā Wi Pokiha, nō te hui i Hinemauria. Ko ngā kaiwaiata ko tētehi rōpū a Te Whānau a Hinerupe. ‘Haere rā e taku reta’
28:20-31:23: He waiata poroporoaki mō ngā hoia o Tūwhakairiora e haere atu rā ki Te Pakanga Tuarua (WWII). Nā Wi Pokiha i tito. Ko ngā kaiwaiata ko tētehi rōpū nō Te Whānau a Hinerupe. ‘Whakatika ake rā’