Waiata aroha, by Topia Tūroa for Te Heuheu Tukino

Item — crate: R043838644, Reel: 5000027055791

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 82

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Taku tūranga ake ki runga ra | Kāhore i ara aku tapuwae"

Also recorded as McL 94, 184.

Dates

1962-08-19

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 performer learnt this song while staying in Whanganui. He says it was composed by someone in Tokānu. Rawinia Murray gives the composer's name as Pēhi Turoa. According to Murray the composer fought with Te Heuheu against his own people and composed the song while travelling down the Whanganui River when his own people would not allow him to land. He travelled rom Pipiriki and finally landed at Kukuta.