Six pao, 1955

Item — crate: R043838646, Reel: 5000027019616

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item D1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First pao begins: "Ko Maihi te awa | Ko Hinekapi te tau". By Hinekapi for Pita Rauhina. Recorded also as McL 122

Second pao begins: "Ki te tini ki te mano | Me hua ki te kēti". By an unknown composer of Ngāti Kahungunu for Te Paerata. Recorded also as McL 138, verse i

Third pao begins: "I te whitu o te ata | Ka rere te reina". By Piki for Parewera Rēweti. Recorded also as McL 138, verse ii

Fourth pao begins: "Noho miai e Paihuti | I te taha o te ahi". By an unknown composer for Parekaihewa. Recorded also as McL 138, verse iii

Fifth pao begins: "Tangi te wihara | I te puihi au". By Rota for Materina Aonui. Recorded also as McL 138, verse iv

Sixth pao begins: "Haere mai e 'Kopa | Ki te kakaho nei". By Te Taitua for Hakopa Te Hiko. Recorded also as McL 138 verse v

Dates

1955

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

The subject of the first pao died about twenty years prior to this recording, aged 70, and the songs are about the events of his youth. The other five songs are about cousins of about the same age.