Waiata tangi, by an unknown composer for Tāwhaio, the second Māori King

Item — crate: R043838644, Reel: 5000027055793

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 210c

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Kāore te mamae e wahi pū ana, te tau o taku ate, | Whakatau rawa iho [ko] te au o taku moe i te ahiahi nei…"

See also McL 411 (variant), 603, D55; recorded also as McL 245, 262, 290, 303, 352, 1098

Dates

1935 - 1979

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

An adaption by Dick Wetere for the dead of the Waitangi disaster. Most performers attribute the song to Waikato; Jones says it belongs to Ngāti Tūwharetoa. The date of composition is 1894.