Ngā Pao me ngā Pakiwaitara a te Iwi Māori : Song and Story of the Māori.
Short Wave Radio Broadcast.
PS48
Introduced by Ulric Williams, kaumātua of the Tūwharetoa tribe sing "old" waiata recorded at Waihī Pā, Tokaanu. Mr Pei Te Hurinui Jones introduces three ancient Māori waiata known as a maemae (song of grief), oriori (love song or lullaby) and one that describes a tribal incident. The first waiata is a Tūwharetoa mōteatea composed by Te Kāhui for Te Heuheu Tūkino, paramount chief of the Taupo district, circa 1830. Mr Pei Te Hurinui Jones introduces the mamae or death chant which was composed on the death of a famous Ngāti Raukawa chief named Wahineiti.
PA49
The mamae or death chant is sung. Next, Pei Te Hurinui Jones introduces a song of grief composed by Kuikui, the wife of Matuahu, famous Chief of the Rotoaira area when he took another wife, named Parerohe. A waiata introduced by Alfred Grace; composed by Ngāti Tūrangi, hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa; written when their lands, near the Tongariro River, were being claimed by other hapū. The claim however was abandoned and peace was made when the song was heard. Outro to programme by Ulric Williams.