Pao, sung while carrying food or while visitors are having meals

Item — crate: R043838644, Reel: 5000027055791

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 98

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Haere mai, e te iwi | Ki runga ki te marae"

Recorded also as McL 1112 (verse 2).

Dates

1962-08-20 - 1962-08-21

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

A definite composer or tribe cannot be attributed. The pao are adapted for each occasion by substituting the name of the appropriate tribe. The performer says tehse were sung everywhere in the time of their elders.