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Mobile Unit. Māori chants at Kāwhia

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Year
1947
Reference
5221
Media type
Audio

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Rights Information
Year
1947
Reference
5221
Media type
Audio

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Series
Mobile Unit - NZ oral history, 1946-1948
Categories
Live sound recordings
Sound recordings
Duration
00:31:50
Broadcast Date
1947
Credits
RNZ Collection
Wetere, Taui, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Wetere, Tita, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Whakaiti, Te Kanawa, Speaker/Kaikōrero
New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Mobile Recording Unit, Broadcaster

A series of Māori waiata, karakia and pātere, with introductions in English:
- Māori waiata in te reo and English
- Ara! Ka Titiro [poi song]
- Tita Wetere and unidentified Māori speaker tell the story of how the Tainui canoe was formed (with karakia).
- Taui Wetere: Karakia
- Discussion on karakia for birds, tree growth and saying farewell to the stump (relating to waka), and canoe launching.

There is some talk on the correct order of karakia in regards to the recording [not included in online catalogue audio as interviewees requested not for broadcast].
- Tita Wetere: Waiata by Kanawa
- Tita Wetere: Marriage karakia
- Tita Wetere: Waiata
- Tita Wetere then speaks about Te Rauparaha heading South with around 2,000 men, he chanted the following farewell to Kawhia
- Tita Wetere: Te Rauparaha’s Lament
- Pātere by Kanawa (in four parts)
- Tita Wetere, Taui Wetere and Ano Wetere, karakia/waiata