Te Reo o te Māori. 1972-09-10

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Year
1972
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48840
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1972
Reference
48840
Media type
Audio
Duration
00:19:20
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Tomoana, Taanga (b.1911, d.1986)

Ko Ted Nepia te kaikawe kōrero. Ko te kaupapa kōrero matua ko 'Tika Tonu', tētahi haka rongonui o Ngāti Kahungunu. Kaikōrero: ko Taanga Tomoana nō Ngāti Kahungunu. Ka tīmata ngā kōrero ki a Pene Te Uamairangi, nāna te haka nei i tito i te tau 1899. Ko Hēnare Tomoana rātou ko Karaitiana Takamoana, ko Meihana Takihi ngā tuākana o Pene. E ai ki ngā kōrero, i titoa e Pene tēnei haka mō tētehi hui ki Te Waipounamu i te tau 1901, i te taenga mai o te Tiuka o Cornwall me tana wahine. Haka: Tika Tonu. Ka kōrero mō te whiwhinga o ngā taitara 'The Dukes Own' ki a Ngāti Kahungunu me 'The Duchesses Own' ki a Ngāti Porou. Ka tahuri ngā kōrero ki ngā hua o te haka nei, me ngā āhuatanga o te haka. Haka: "Tō korokoro, tō korokoro..". Ka mutu ngā kōrero ki ngā toki o te ao kapa haka. Ko te toa ā muri mai i a Pene mō te kaitātaki ko Whenuakura Nikera. Ka mutu ngā kōrero ki a Waimārama Pūhara, he toki ki ngā mahi mau rākau. Haka: Tika Tonu.

This episode is about the famous Haka 'Tika Tonu' composed by Pene Te Uamairangi in 1899. It also talks about the language of haka featuring Taanga Tomoana.