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NEW ZEALAND FOLK * SONG |
Nau
mai! Piki mai! Kingi Ihaka c. 1965 |
| Nau
mai! piki mai! e ngā iwi e, ngā reo, nga mana. Tēnā ra koutou katoa Ano te pai mē te āhua reka Whakaaro tahi o te katoa Me anga atu ngā kanohi rā Ki ngā maunga kei reira te āwhina. Ano te pai mē te āhua reka Whakāro tahi o te katoa. | Welcome,
come on up here, everybody, representatives, leaders. Greetings to you all. It's so good, so pleasant for all to think as one. Let the direction of all faces be towards the mountains where all things are cherished. It's so good, so pleasant for all to think as one. |
Taku Toa TV performance
This song was performed in 1973 in "Taku Toa," one of New Zealand TV's first colour musical productions.
Kingi Ihaka was the technical director and the performers were adults from the Auckland Anglican Māori Club, girls from Queen Victoria School and boys from St. Stephen's School.
The TV performance included traditional and contemporary Māori music, in part written by the Reverend Kingi Ihaka.Taku toa / Ihaka
Hakas: Utaina ; Ka mate! Ka mate!
Nau mai! Piki mai! / Ihaka
Poi waka / trad. ; arr. Ihaka
Hine e hine / Te Rangi Pai Poata ; arr. Ihaka
Toia mai / trad
Po karekare ana / ; arr. Ihaka
Taku hia hia / Ihaka
Mangu mangu taipo / trad.
Po atarau ; arr. Ihaka.
Archdeacon Sir Kingi Ihaka, MBE
Interpreter, Anglican priest, broadcaster,
songwriter, Maori language commissioner.
Kingi Matutaera Ihaka was born at Te Kao, Northland, in 1921. His great-grandfather, Paraone Ngaruhe, signed the Treaty of Waitangi. Kingi's father was a prominent Anglican, a qualified interpreter, and a friend of Apirana Ngata.
Kingi attended Te Kao Native School. In later life he recalled that as a child he saw few Pakeha other than his teacher and the district health nurse.
In 1936 Kingi went to St Stephen's School, south of Auckland. In 1947 he entered St John's College, Auckland, to train for the Anglican ministry. In 1958 he was transferred to Wellington. He combined his ministry with the Red Cross, broadcasting and tutoring at Ngati Poneke Maori Club. He became well known for his compositions and direction of Maori cultural groups at competitions.
In 1967 Ihaka was transferred to Auckland as Auckland Maori missioner. His other interests continued unabated and he was also involved with the Auckland Festival Society, Lions Club, Tourist Development Council, Polynesian Festival Committee. In 1970 he was appointed a justice of the peace and made an MBE. In 1981 he wrote Pukeko in a Punga Tree.
From 1984 to 1987 Archdeacon Ihaka served as the first resident Maori minister in Sydney.
Kingi Ihaka returned to New Zealand in 1987. He was knighted in 1989 for his services to the Maori people.
In October 1990 he became the second Maori language commissioner. He defended the right of the New Zealand women's rugby team to perform a haka at Cardiff, saying that Ngati Porou and Waikato women had done so for many years. He died in 1993, aged 71.
Full essay in DNZB
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