Ngā pao me ngā pakiwaitara a te iwi Māori = Song and story of the Māori. Programme no. 1.

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1948
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55649
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Year
1948
Reference
55649
Media type
Audio
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Categories
Māori radio programs
Radio programs
Shortwave radio broadcasts
Sound recordings
Duration
00:12:10
Broadcast Date
1948
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Williams, Phyllis, 1905-1993
Radio New Zealand (1948)

Presented by contralto Kirimamae (Phyllis) Williams

Greetings from New Zealand.

'Hikurangi Maunga' which is the mountain symbolic of the prestige or mana of the tribe of Ngāti Porou who live in the surrounding district.

'E hine e', a love song composed in honour of a party of Rarotongans visiting Tokomaru Bay in 1934.

This is more of a chant than a song. It's similar to 'Humpty Dumpty'. It's also used as a deep breathing exercise: 'Tākiri tākiri'.

'Tangata kino koe', another modern action song broadly translated as 'You're a bad man'.

Finally, a song called 'Te Hokowhitu Toa' (Te Ope Tuatahi) about Māori in the First World War, where the men came from, where they fought, and where they died.