Tangihanga for Ngakohu Pera, and talks on Pacific research, undated
Scope and Contents
The collection mostly contains recordings made during Mahuta’s studies as research material for his thesis on whaikōrero. Various hui and events were recorded, mostly centred around Turangawaewae marae.
Some recordings relating to his teaching activities also feature, including speak and response exercises, a conference recording, and a sampler of whaikōrero patterns made from field recordings.
Dates
- undated
Creator
- From the Collection: Mahuta, R. T., Sir (Robert Te Kotahi) (1939-2001) (Recordist, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
PARTLY RESTRICTED.
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Extent
From the Collection: 0.54 metres (Includes 26 open-reel tapes, 1 audiocassette)
Language of Materials
Maori
General
Original catalogue number: 0528.
Track listing
- 1. Whaikōrero by Bill Maxwell
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 2. Whaikōrero by Peter Baker
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 3. Whaikōrero by Himiona Tahika
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 4. Whaikorero by Hori Tai (recorded in the distance, with tape noise)
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 5. Unidentified speaker
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 6. Pātere manawawera
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "I hoki mai koe i te whenua nui ki ta aha?
- 7. Whaikōrero by Tamati Roberts
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 8. Tauparapara
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "Hōmai te wai or aki au..."
- 9. Whaikōrero by Kino Hughes
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 10. Tauparapara
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "Tihe uriuri, tihe nakonako..."
- 11. Pātere
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "Toia, toia mai a Tainui, Te Arawa, Matātua, ngā waka o te motu...", first lines of second pātere: "Piki ana ahau i te ra ana ki e kopea ki awa rere tika taku haere ki te Rerenga Wairua..."
- 12. Whaikōrero by Te Whati Tamati | Ngāti Mahanga
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 13. Tauparapara
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "Koro-pākū takahua | Tahatū te marama | Tangaroa puta ai, | Te whana putuputu..."
- 14. Waiata tangi
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "Kāore te mamae e wāhi pū ana | Te tau o taku ate..."
- 15. Whaikōrero by Hone Haunui
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 16. Tauparapara
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "[...] te kaha koutou o te rangi e tu nei..."
- 17. Waiata tangi
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "E ua te aua tata rahi ana | Ko te ua i te kamo e taheke i runga..."
- 18. Karakia
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "Tenei te wi | Tenei te puna tauroa | Rurana te whare o Uenuku..."
- 19. Whaikōrero by Piri Poutapu | Ngāti Korokī
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 20. Waiata tangi
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "Takoto ana mai i te marama i te pae..."
- 21. Whaikōrero by Whitiora Cooper | Ngāti Tipa
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 22. Tauparapara
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "Tuia ki runga, tuia ki raro..."
- 23. Whaiata whaiāipo
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "E noho ana i te awatea | Ka hara mai te aroha..."
- 24. Whaikōrero
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- Recording incomplete - begins mid-way after a drop-out
- 25. Waiata tangi
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "Haere ra koutou e-i | Ki te rā e a whiti ana i | Haere ra ngā whaka-marumaru o Uenuku e-e-e-i..."
- 26. Whaikōrero
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 27. Waiata tangi
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "Kāre, kāore te roimata e paheke i aku kamo | Whakawhakāro rawa iho ka raungaiti au..."
- 28. Tauparapara
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- First lines begin: "Te muru i Hawwaiki, e pupu ana, e wawawa ana | Turi wa tu ki te rangi. Aua! Kia eke, eke tanuku! | Eke tangaroa! Whano! Whano! Haere mai te toki! | Huie! Taiki e!"
- 29. Whaikōrero
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 30. Waiata. Distant and unidentified
- Ngakohu Pera's tangi
- 31. Talk "Discuss the ability of the ancient Hawaiians to create captial goods"
- Pacific research talk
- 32. Talk "Explain how the traditional way of life in Melanesia is changing to meet the demands of modern living". Includes the Cook Island economy and Fijian farmers
- Pacific research talk
- 33. Talk "Nauru - History of ethnological theory - Sir James Fraser 1877 Trade Commission"
- Pacific research talk
- 34. Talk "Nauru - History of ethnological theory - Sir James Fraser 1877 Trade Commission", continued by a different speaker
- Pacific research talk
Repository Details
Part of the Archive of Māori and Pacific Sound, University of Auckland Repository
Level 3, General Library
5 Alfred Street
Private Bag 92109
Auckland 1010 New Zealand
+64 9 923 5008
amps@auckland.ac.nz