Waiata tangi, by Meri Ngaroto | Te Aupouri

Item — crate: R043838644, Reel: 5000027019542

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 449

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Tērā te uira te hiko i te rangi ue ra | He tohu aituā no aku mātua e"

Dates

1963-10-08

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 performer states that Meri Ngaroto, the queen of Te Aupouri, who married Puhipi, the King of Te Rarawa, discovered that there was a plot by Te Rarawa to kill Te Aupouri at a feast to which they had invited Te Aupouri at Paripari. Meri called out: "Remove the heart of the flax | Where shall teh bell-bird go? Sir! | You ask of me what is suberb! | I must reply, a human! A human! A human!". Thus the murderous thoughts of Te Rarawa were not carried out.