Maori Songs Of New Zealand

by Various

Release Details

Format: Vinyl — LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Label: Folkways Records
Catalog #: FE 4433
Tracks: 13

Genres

Folk, World, & Country

Styles

Folk Waiata

Tracklist

A1Oriori: Popo E Tangi Ki Te Kai Mana
A2Waiata: Ka Riro Ra Ia Te Momo O Te Tangata
A3Tangi: Lament
A4Waiata Aroha
A5Haka
A6Haka
B1Maemae
B2Karakia To Tanemahuta
B3Karakia To Tangaroa
B4He Whakaaraara
B5Te To O Tainui
B6Toia Mai Te Waka
B7Apakura (Dirge)

Notes

Track A1 is a lullaby (oriori). Track A2 is a lament (tangi). Track A3 & B7 is a lament of the Tuhoe tribe. Track A4 is a love song (waiata aroha). Track B1 is a death chant (maemae), sung at the death of Wahineiti, a Ngati Raukawa chieftain. Track B2 is an incantation (karakia), supplicating the god of the forsts, Tanemahuta. Track B3 is an incantation belonging to the Te Arawa people. Track B4 is an ancient sentinel alarm. Track B5 is a canoe hauling song. Track B6 is a canoe hauling song whic