Pao, by an unknown composer of Taranaki

Item — crate: R043838644, Reel: 5000027019544

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 500

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Tū kau ana ra taranaki te uru | Kua riro ngā manu noho i runga ei"

See also McL 501; recorded also as McL 533b

Dates

1963-11-20

Creator

From the Collection: McLean, Mervyn (1930-2022) (Person)

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Restrictions

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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

Verse 1 is the same as the first of McL 533b. Pare Pirikahu says the pao was composed after Te Whiti's death (in 1907). Verse 2 mentions the arrival of the Taranaki people in the three canoes, Tokomaru, Kurahaupō and Aotea; tonga Awhikau disagrees with this. he says the Kurahaupō never reached New Zealand but was wrecked at Omata on the way from Hawaiiki and the people in this canoe were transferred to the Aotea.