Oriori

Item — crate: R043838645, Reel: 5000027019598

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 1193

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "E takoto ana ahau i taku moenga | Ka oreore nā whetū o te rangi"

Dates

1974-08-02

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

There were three women, two at Maungapohatu and one at Waimana. The two at Maungapohatu had children year after year but the one at Waimana remained childless. One day she picked up a potato that looked like a child. In bed that night, nursing the potato she made up this song.