Haka whakaoho, with Ira Mānihera | Tūhoe

Item — crate: R043838644, Reel: 5000027019538

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 27c

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Aha! E koro, e koro, e Pita e, | Kai a koe tonu te pito o te aroha, āhaha!"

Recorded also as 1181c.

Dates

1958-06-04

Creator

From the Collection: McLean, Mervyn (1930-2022) (Person)

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Restrictions

Restrictions appearing in the collection were placed by the performers at time of recording. Usually the restriction limits access to members of particular iwi or hapu.

These items may sometimes be referred to for scholarly purposes but may not be copied or published in any form without the explicit release by the appropriate tribal authority.

Biographical / Historical

This song is used extensively by Tūhoe of Ruatahuna-Ruatoki, by Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki of Waihirere, Gisborne, and by Ngāti Porou. Part certainly belongs to Te Aitanga-a-Mātani. It was used by Te Kooti Rikirangi and followers during the battle of Waerenga-a-hika near Gisborne in 1865.