Karakia, performed by Akaiti Kavana and Ma`arona Kavana

Item — crate: R043838626, Reel: 5000027018396

Identifier: AMPS 2023/01. Series 2. Item 2/7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "E putunga kai | Na Ruanuku, na Tangaroa"

See also 2/110 and 2/122

Dates

1967-11-06

Creator

From the Collection: McLean, Mervyn (1930-2022) (Person)
From the Collection: Mokotupu, Tepaki (Person)
From the Collection: Naku, Simona (Person)

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Biographical / Historical

Prayer before food, recited at the first wedding on the island. Avatea wanted his son Tangaroa to marry Ataka, and the prayer was recited at their marriage. Ataka evidently, however, transferred her affections to Tangaroa's brother Rongo, and it was from this union that the pedigree proceeds.