Waiata tangi, by Mae | Ngāti Mutunga

Item — crate: R043838645, Reel: 5000027019549

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 631

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Tēnei ka noho ka raua aku mahara | Ki ōku nei mātua, ka tata Te Kaipuke"

Dates

1964-02-28

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

This tangi is a song of farewell for the Chatham Islands composed when the Urenui people left there for New Zealand. The composer died only a month of so after reaching New Zealand. The singer was still a schoolgirl at the time of the composition. Te Kaipuke is the name of the sailing ship upon which the party travelled from the Chathams.