Waiata by Horomana as a karakia

Item — crate: R043838645, Reel: 5000027019560

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 835

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Whakarongo, whakarongo ra te taringa ki te hau e hau mai nei kai Hekerangi hurihia, hā e"

Dates

1971-11-27

Creator

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

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Restrictions

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Biographical / Historical

This song, composed as a Ringatu karakia, could be described as a mākutu. It was composed so that the Taiwhakaea football team would be the Te Teko one. Hekerangi is a pā below Te Teko. Taiwhakaea is a pā at Pāroa. The man, Tararoa who is mentioned in the song was a tohunga who took the Taiwhakea players down to the Rangitaiki River and dipped them as part of a ceremony to ensure that they would beat Te Teko. The singer, who called it a 'hard case' song and very funny, thinks it was composed before the First World War.