Maemae

Item — crate: R043838645, Reel: 5000027019588

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 1116

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "O koutou kiri e | I whakaranua ki te Raukawa, ka kino"

Dates

1972-11-17

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

The singer performed actions with pūkana throughout, and explained that this was how it was done, with both men and women doing actions individually, "There's always just one or two just swinging while the old hard cases do the pūkana".