NZ Māori Artists & Writers Hui: 3/3 Recordings.
Tangata whenua means are the people of the land, and on the Marae. Tangata whenua are the host people, they are the caretakers of the buildings, details of tribal and family history, and the hospitality accorded to manuhiri or visitors.
- Intro and waiata tawhito, "Pinepine te kura"
- Haka pohiri and karanga
- Mane Tatari and a waiata kinaki, "Karangatia ra"
- Sir Hēnare Ngata and his waiata kinaki [unidentified]
- John Ruru recorded at Rongopai Marae, Patutahi
- Waiata tawhito: "Pinepine te kura"
"Ringatu". The up raised Hand". Ringatu, the church founded by "Te Kooti Rikirangi Turuki" who was born in Manutuke. Te Kooti was educated at a Mission School in Waerengahika, and adopted the name Te Kooti after Revered Coates's teacher. Te Kooti welcomed Christianity because he saw a close relationship between Christianity and Maoritanga.
This was not to last very long as he became quite openly antagonistic towards Europeans when he saw the loss of language, land and Māori identity. He was arrested while serving with government troops in 1866 for allegedly being a "Hauhau", and a threat to the peace of settlers in Poverty Bay.
He was exiled to Te Wharekauri, the Chatham Islands with some of his men. There was a lot of untruth about his case, and propaganda at the time placed him as a blood thirsty maniac, a view that was widely held as fact.
The mysticism of the Ringatu church and its founder still remain. The 12th day of each month is the church's day of worship, thanksgiving and prayer, it is known as "Tekau ma rua", on the 11th of each month the followers of the Ringatu assemble on a pre-arranged Marae for the hui.
No special building was set aside for worship, as Te Kooti believed that the wairua of his people resided in a Meeting House. One characteristic of the Ringatu service is a continuous chanting of long biblical passages all committed to memory with the leader and cadences that sound like the traditional Māori waiata.
The first of January and the 1st of July are sacred festivals associated with the seasons. Today the movement flourishes in the Bay of Plenty, Poverty Bay and Hawkes Bay.
- Wi Tarei talks about its founder Te Kooti and the church
- Karakia by Hare Reneti, followed by a hymn, "Te waiata a Rawiri"
- Haare Williams speaks, then waiata kinaki, "Popo"