Karakia, by Whakataupotiki | Tainui

Item — crate: R043821243, Reel: 5000027055794

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 421

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Mau ake Taikehu | I te kakau o taku hoe"

Dates

1963-09-26 - 1963-09-27

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

In an announcement Turau Te Tomo says that according to the people who own the chant, it was used on the 8 April 1946 for one fo the sacred oars of the Tainui waka, namely Hauhau-i-te-rangi. Even though Te Arawa says that Hauhau-i-te-rangi is an axe, we should leave Waikato their belief that it was an oar!