Pihe by an unknown composer of Ngāpuhi

Item — crate: R043838645, Reel: 5000027019580

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 1029

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Ka eke i te wīwī, ka eke i te wāwā | Ka eke i te pāpara huei"

Dates

1972-05-17

Creator

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

To request or comment

To request access to items in this collection, or to provide comment or corrections, please complete the following: Archive of Māori and Pacific Sound request form

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

This differs slightly from McL 1017. In his announcement the singer describes this item as a ngārahu, a war dance. He gives an explanation of the procedure when visitors arrive before the people of Ngāpuhi: A challenger carries three darts which he throws at three intervals as the visitors approach. After the third dart is thrown a visitor chases the challenger. If he is caught then the visitors do what they wish to him; if he escapes he finds the front of the Meeting House and sits there to wait while the marae etiquette unfolds.