Maemae, for the dead, for Wahineiti (verse 4)

Item — crate: R043838645, Reel: 5000027019556

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 793

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Original recordings made during field trips for Masters and PhD research, as well as recordings made while Director of the Archive of Māori and Pacific Music.

Dates

1964-05-13

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

Jones says the Wahineiti of the song was a chieftain of Ngāti Raukawa and was killed at Rangatua Point on the west side of Lake Taupo. Turau Te Tomo disputes this in a pre-announcement to McL 423. The performer says Wahineiti was returning home from an espedition in the Maungatautari district when he was killed on the road.