Waiata tangi, by a woman of Waikato

Item — crate: R043821243, Reel: 5000027055794

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 369

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "E rangi hauata i mārewa atu ai, | Ko Paretaunga na, tō waka kikī"

Dates

1963-03-19

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 composer went to an island in somebody else's canoe and was marooned there by her own peole. The name of the man who rescued her was Te Rakaiuru. The performer says that when the composer was left she became very downhearted, and later when the darkness enveloped her, her depression caused her to sing this lament for herself