Terea te Waka

Kaitito / Composer – Charisma Rangipunga & Paulette Tamati-Elliffe

Whakamārama / Explanation

He keri tēnei e kōrero ana mō te haereka mai o te waka Uruao mai i te Patunuioāio ki Aotearoa nei.

This keri / chant talks of the voyage of the Uruao waka from the ancestral homelands of Patunuioāio to New Zealand.

Ka tikaka whakamahi mō te waiata nei / Notes on appropriate usage of this waiata

He waiata tēnei e pai ana hei kīnaki i kā kōrero o ruka i te paepae, he pai hoki hei whakamōhio atu he rōpū nō Kāi Tahu e eke ana i ruka i te marae i te wā o te pōwhiri. Kāore pea e pai ana hei waiata taki.

This waiata can be used as a kīnaki for kaikōrero from Kāi Tahu and also by Kāi Tahu groups as they are coming onto marae. Not appropriate as a waiata taki.