Pao, by Pitama of Te Atiawa (Ngāti Rahiri, father, Ngāti Mutunga, mother)

Item — crate: R043838645, Reel: 5000027019546

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 549

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Tūria te haka, te whare herehere | I taute tūiritanga ki a Tauiwi ei!"

Dates

1963-12-04

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

These are further pao in the same series as those of Meri Puta (McL 480). The Māori prisoners in Otage were celebrating a catch of fish by the father of Pohau Ellison with a haka and this alarmed the authorities who thought they had run amok. They were reassured by Ellison who told them that the Māori were only happy.