What is the purpose of Moteatea?
Mōteatea is a centuries-old tradition of chanted song-poetry. Mōteatea were composed for many purposes and reasons, and their composers were great poets. Chiefs and leaders were often composers who used music as an important way to communicate ideas.
What is a waiata Tangi?
The three main types of traditional waiata are oriori (lullabies), waiata tangi (laments) and waiata aroha (love songs). Waiata tangi are laments about issues such as illness, death, loss of land or a wrecked canoe. Waiata aroha often focus on the sad aspects of love, such as a husband away at war or loss of a lover.
Who wrote e te hokowhitu?
Tuini Ngawai
It was also composed by Tuini Ngawai. Arohaina mai, e te Kingi nui. The air is a familiar one When Love Walked In.
What is a waiata Ngahau?
waiata ngahau (noun) song of entertainment.
What is a Patere?
The patere is a form of chant that gives the Maori great pleasure. It is a long poem, sometimes embodying genealogical recitals and mention of historical heroes and their deeds. Sometimes it is a lament, abounding in touching expressions and beautiful imagery.
What is Oriori?
‘Oriori’ are traditional waiata that tell stories, and are often sung to children. They can be about ancestors’ journeys, geography or whakapapa. They may mark significant historical events including pregnancy, birth, retribution or reciprocity.
What is a waiata whakanui?
Waiata whakanui were a way of recording and passing down knowledge and stories to present generations, knowledge like the historical celebrations and laments of iwi, ancestor and composer.
Who is Te Hokowhitu a Tu?
‘Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū’ (the 140 warriors of the war god) was the motto of Māori who served in the wars – the Maori Contingent which fought at Gallipoli in the First World War, its successor the Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, and the Māori Battalion of the Second World War.
Where were Te Hokowhitu a Tu first sent?
At first they were assigned garrison duties on the Mediterranean island of Malta – a deployment that was deeply unpopular amongst the troops, who were keen to see active service alongside the Pākehā units at Gallipoli.
What are the different types of Moteatea?
Range categories of mōteatea may include but are not limited to – oriori, pao, pātere, waiata aroha, waiata tangi; evidence of three categories is required. 1.2 Mōteatea are described in terms of tikanga and pūtake. Range evidence of one mōteatea from each category is required.
What is the meaning of waita?
Waita is a twin to Waitī, shining on sources of salt water and protecting all life sustained within it. Waita calls us to protect the treasures of our coasts and oceans. Waipunā-ā-rāngi represents life-giving rain in all its forms, rain, hail and snow.
What is a Maori Patere?
What is a waiata Oriori?
Did the Maori Battalion fight in Gallipoli?
The New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion, or Native Contingent and Pioneer Battalion, was a battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force that served during World War I. The battalion was first raised in 1915 and served at Gallipoli and the Western Front, primarily as pioneers.
What name was given to the first group of Māori who fought for the British Empire in WWI?
In September 1917, reinforced by a number of new recruits, the unit was once again made an all-Māori unit, with mostly non-Maori officers, and renamed the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion. The battalion remained on the Western Front until the end of the war.
Did Māori fight at Gallipoli?
Māori and Pacific troops served mainly as non-combatants at Gallipoli, the Western Front and in Sinai-Palestine during the First World War.
How many Maori Battalion are still alive?
Mentor to the former executive 28 Māori Battalion Board Matt Te Pou says there are two surviving members, Robert Gillies and Epineha Ratapu, who represent the courage of all Māori soldiers who served. “They just remind us of a time where we showed a lot of leadership to feel extremely proud.
What is karangatia Ra?
NZ Folk Song * Karangatia Ra is an early Maori action song by Sir Aparana Ngata for the return of the Maori Battalion after WW1. NEW ZEALAND FOLK*SONG Karangatia Ra Sir Apirana Ngata, 1919 Maori songs- Kiwi songs- Home
Who first said karangatia Ra?
The first version of this was composed by Sir Aparana Ngatafor the return of the Maori Battalion after WWI. Men of the Maori Pioneer Battalion welcomed home at Putiki Pa, Wanganui, in 1919. Karangatia ra! Karangatia ra!
Who composed the Waiata Karangata?
KARANGATIA RĀ ADAPTATION BY TUINI NGAWAI This waiata was originally composed by Sir Apirana Ngata. This particular version is an adaptation by Tuini Ngawai.
What does’karangatia rā’mean?
‘Karangatia rā’ was originally written to welcome surviving members of the Māori contingent home from the First World War, and also paid tribute to parliamentarian Wī Pere, who died in 1915. The version of the waiata in the sound file is from a hui in 1947 at the opening of Uepōhatu War Memorial Hall in Ruatōria.