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Maori East Coast - Historical articles, song lyrics
Date: [ca 1961]
From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs
Reference: 77-014-1/17
Description: Papers relating mainly to East Coast Maori history, place names, waiata [songs] and whakatauki. Includes a poem which begins "Ask of us. What is our Maoritanga?..." and a waiata which mentions Koroki, Tainui and Waikato. Research notes and articles about Te Kaha and waka history and place names for the East Coast and Eastern Bay of Plenty. A letter [carbon copy] from Te Kani Te Ua relating to the meeting house at Whakato Marae. A document relating to the propietors of Mangatu, nos 1,3 & 4 blocks. Some wartime waiata from World War One and World War Two including one composed by Apirana Ngata in 1916 titled Te Wiwi Nati, and an impromptu tangi chanted by a father who had lost a son in 1945. Quantity: 1 folder(s).