Waiata tangi, composer unknown

Item — crate: R043838644, Reel: 5000027019537

Identifier: AMPS 2022/48. Item McL 3d

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First lines begin: "Tākiri ko te ata I runga o Matawhau e | Ko te tau I ahau tēnei ka ora mai"

Dates

1958-06-01

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

Performers did not know the composer, but latter performers (of 694 and 925) state that the composer was Te Pora | Ngāti Parua, Ngāti Te Takina. Also stated that the waiata was composed for Nāia, Ngāti Pikiao.