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Pei Te Hurinui Jones recordings of Ruhi | Te Arawa, 1955

 File — crate: R043821235, Reel: 5000027055430
Identifier: AMPS 2022/06. Series 1. Sub-Series 1/1. File 1/1/17

Scope and Contents

The main voices heard are of Raharuhi Pururu | Ngati Kea Ngati Tuara, Ngāti Awa (b.1872), and his wife Ngahuia Pururu [nee Vercoe] | Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Makino (b.1880).

Dates

  • 1955

Creator

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Conditions Governing Access

PARTLY RESTRICTED.

Extent

From the Collection: 6.29 metres (Includes 312 open-reel tapes and 3 audio cassettes)

Language of Materials

Maori

Physical Facet

7" SP tape, recorded at 7 1/2 FTM.

General

Original catalogue number: 0018.

Track listing

1. Conversation
2. Waiata from Ngāti Tuwharetoa
First lines begin: "Tērā te kotuhi auahi ana | Ia ki te ripa o Tautari i raro...". Variant of a song that features in the publication 'Ngā Moteatea', item number 34.
3. Waiata aroha, with an announcement
First lines begin: "E pa ra ki te hau waho | Puri te aitua i taku tinana | Tena ra e te ngakau...".
4. Conversation
5. Waiata
First lines begin: "Kāti ko te puehu e tuku mai ki ahau e...".
6. Conversation
7. Waiata
First lines begin: "Hohoro mai e te atatahua | Haere mai e ki wawe au te kawe...".
8. Conversation
9. Waiata
First lines begin: "Haere e Miha hei aha koe mawai | ehara koe te hiriwa i te taimanae...", and "Poupou te marama | I runga o Tarewa...".
10. Waiata, in English and Māori, to the tune 'Home Sweet Home'
First lines begin: "E kimi e au nei..."
11. Waiata, duet
First lines begin: "E tangi ana koe, | Hine, e hine...".
12. Kōrero by Ruhi, followed by a song.
First lines begin: "Ma Ruhiruhi noa | Morikarika noa ana ko te tau o te ate...".
13. Kōrero, 'Catching eels'.
14. Action song, to the tune 'There's no place like home'
First lines begin: "Karanga mai e ngā iwi | Whakaeke mai koutou...".

Repository Details

Part of the Archive of Māori and Pacific Sound, University of Auckland Repository

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