Oriori by Whaitiri | Tūhoe, led by Kino Hughes

Item — crate: R043838645, Reel: 5000027019551

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 666

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "E takoto ana ahau i taku moenga | He mata wāwāia nōku ki te whānau tamariki"

See also variants McL 844, McL 940, and McL 1193

Dates

1935 - 1979

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

Kino Hughes says Whaitiri was unable to bear children, so she went to her husband's potato pit and brought some potatoes; she saw that one fo the potatoes resembled a child, so she composed this song