About Te Aurere
This famous waka hourua (double-hulled canoe) reignited the practice of voyaging in Aotearoa.
Mātaki: Te Aurere – Haka me te waiataWatch: Te Aurere – Haka and waiata
Mātaki mai i ngā haka me ngā waiata a ngā kaumoana o Te Aurere, i a rātou e haere nei ki Rarotonga.
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Watch haka and waiata performed by the crew of Te Aurere on their voyage to Rarotonga.
Haka: ‘E Kau ki te Tai’
Ko te karakia tēnei a Nukutawhiti i tōna taenga ki te awa o Hokianga i runga i a Ngātokimatawhaorua. Ka huaina a Marere-i-ao me Taotaorangi (he ingoa wāhi kei Hawaiki), me ngā mana atua o Tāne rāua ko Tangaroa.
| Ko ngā kaumoana o Te Aurere e haka ana ki ngā Māori o Rarotonga, 1992. He mea tuku mai e Hineata Pene-Roycroft |
Waiata: ‘Te Aurere’
Nā Tēpene Mamaku o Ngā Waka Toi o Mataatua tēnei waiata mō Te Aurere i tito i te tau 1992.
| E whakaharatau ana ngā kaihoe o Te Aurere i te waiata o ‘Te Aurere’ i a rātou e haere ana ki Rarotonga, 1992. Mai i a Kupe: Voyaging by the Stars, 1993, he mea ringatohu e Pita Turei. He mea tuku mai e Ian John Productions. He mea tiki i ngā rauemi e manaakitia nei e Ngā Taonga Kōrero |
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