Matāra by Tūmatahina

Item — crate: R043838645, Reel: 5000027019578

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 1013

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Ruia, ruia, tahia, tahia, | Kia hemo te kā koakoa"

Dates

1972-05-15

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 performer describes this item as a harihari. He says the composer and a number of others were trapped on rocks, besieged by the enemy who were waiting for the tide to go out before crossing to the island. The composer sang this song, capering around to distract the enemy while his people made a flax rope and escaped one by one to shore across the rope.