Pao whakautu, by Maraina Rona Minarapa | Ngāti Te Whiti, Te Atiawa

Item — crate: R043838645, Reel: 5000027019546

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 550

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Kare au i rarua ki taku tau Ingarihi | I rarua ahau ki a Rōnai ēi!"

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

According to the performer whose grandmother composed this song it is an answer to a taunt about gathering mussles naked (same story as McL 490). The air is not quite correct: "Supposed to drag these songs, by my voice no good for drags now"