Waiata tangi, by the performer for Te Puea

Item — crate: R043838644, Reel: 5000027055793

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 208

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Karekare kau ana ngā wai o te awa | Ka māunu ra e te puru, o Waikato…"

See also McL 258 (variant), 346

Dates

1963-02-23

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 says this waiata is for her older female relative who has departed this life and reached her parents, the King, the Powers and the Sacred, and sits at the throne of our Father in Heaven