Waiata by Taumanu | Ngāti Te Takinga, Ngāti Pikiao

Item — crate: R043838645, Reel: 5000027019552

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 687

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Kāhore te mākariri, kai torohuhu ana i ahau | Kai roto te mahana, whakaneke tonu au ki reira"

Dates

1964-04-22

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 composer was annoyed at her husband and brothers for not supplying her with clothing and so appealed to her daugher, Kinikini, at Tauranga who married the chief, Taipari, of Ngāti Hē, Ngāi-te-rangi. The composer was a great, great, great grandmother of Hamu Mitchell. The singer says teh composer used to look with envy at teh women of Ngāti Whakaue till her confusion wearied her