Ko Airini Grennell rātou ko te rōpū Polynesian Trio

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Airini Ngā Roimata Grennel 1910-1988 (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāi Tahu)

Nā ana whakaaritanga ā-pāho ka kuhu a Grennell ki te ao pāpāho, ka kuhu ki 4ZB ki Ōtepoti i te Hakihea o te tau 1938. I te rawe o tana reo me te tika rawa o te whakahua Māori, Pākehā hoki, pēnei tonu i ngā tāngata whai rawa o Ingarangi, ka tau tana noho ki tana tūranga. He reo tōiri ā, haere ai rātou ko ētahi atu kaipāho ki te motu ki te kohi pūtea mō te Pakanga Tuarua.

Ka tonoa ia, ā ka haere ia ki te mahi ki 1ZB i Tāmaki Makaurau, kātahi ia ka hoki ki Ōtautahi hei reo mō ngā teihana o 3ZB me 3YA, ka whakahaerehia he hōtaka wāhine hei pāho ki ngā hau e whā o te motu.

Ka rītaia a Airini Ngā Roimata Grennell i te tau 1966, i pau i a ia ngā tau e 28 e kōrero ana i ngā haere maitanga e rima o ngā rōera o Ingarangi, koia hoki tētahi o ngā wāhine Māori tuatahi kia puta te kanohi ki runga pouaka whakaata. He wahine koi, tātaki, ngākau māhaki hoki, nāna i akiaki te whakaaratanga o te ao ahurea Māori.

I tēnei rekoata i karawhiua he hōtaka waiata Māori e Airini Grennell me te rōpū ā Martin Winiata, ko Polynesian Trio.

Image: Airini Ngā Roimata Grennell, 1910 -1988 (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama, Kāi Tahu). Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision collection