Waiata tangi, by Tohe of Te Aupouri when homesick for his marae

Item — crate: R043838644, Reel: 5000027019542

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 450

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Taku tūranga ake ki runga ra | Whakaiwi kore rawa i aku iwi"

Dates

1963-10-08

Creator

From the Collection: McLean, Mervyn (1930-2022) (Person)

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Restrictions

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Biographical / Historical

This waiata was sung in the court during the hearing of the famous 90 Mile Beach case in 1957 when the Māori of the far north claimed ownership of that beach. In a back-announcement the performer says this lament was composed by Tohe for his daughter, when he arrive in Ahipara and looked back at the way he had come. When the singer sang it in Court it was the reason the Government lost its claim for the shellfish, the toheroa.