Uepohatu concert: Hinerupe performers

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A group from Hinerupe perform an item at Uepohatu marae in 1947.

The events held at Uepohatu on the 12th and 13th of September included cultural competitions with local school children, a reunion of ex-service people (including members of the Maori Battalion), a concert and the opening of the Uepohatu War Memorial Hall.  The hall was built to commemorate East Coast soldiers who died during the two World Wars. 

At an investiture ceremony held on the second day, seventeen decorations were presented to servicemen and women who had served abroad and on the home front.

The gathering was an important one, attended by thousands including the Prime Minister Peter Fraser, the Leader of the Opposition Sidney Holland and other members of Parliament.  Sir Bernard Freyberg, the Governor General opened the hall and unveiled two memorial tablets inside.

Transcription

Kaea: E te Kawana e
Ko rongo tutuki ana i Waiapu
Katoa: A Ha Ha
Kaea: Oreore kau ana! Oreore kau ana!

Katoa: Oreore kau ana! Oreore kau ana!

Hi aue hi!

Kaea: E ko Hinerupe e ngunguru nei!

Katoa: Au au aue ha!

Kaea: E ko Hinerupe e ngunguru nei!

Katoa: Au au aue ha!

Kaea: A Ha Ha!

Katoa: Haramai ara kia whakataiara

Te kauae o Hinerupe ki runga ka ea

Hi aue, au au aue!

 

Kaea: Torona kei waho!

E te Kawana e o rongo tukituki ana i Waiapu!

Katoa: A ha ha!

Kaea: Takahia rawatia nga rori e takoto nei

whakaheke kau taku haere ki Ruatorea

Tenei huakina!

Katoa: Huakina!

Kaea: Tenei wherahia!

Katoa: Wherahia! A Ha Ha!

E tauhina ko te ra

i haere ai a Hinerupe, a ha ha!

e tata te kawenga tuki nga waho

nga tapu e hamama tonu nei

te taea te ueue

Aue aue aue taukuri e! Hi!

Kaea: Torona titaha! Haramai tonu ra nga iwi i runga i te upoko hau, i te pa marangai i te puehutanga mai o te aroha!Katoa: Ahaha! U whakarauiri ki Waiapu. Ka kii te whare ki te hoia uhia mai. Uhia mai to kanohi ki te rau o te aroha. A ha ha! Hi aue hi!

Kaea: Ko nga iwi katoa e kanga mai ra
Katoa: Taku upoko
Kaea: He tapu
Katoa: Taku upoko
Kaea: Ko Tuainuku
Katoa: Taku upoko
Kaea: Ko Tuairangi
Katoa: Taku upoko
Kaea: I ahaha
Katoa: He koia he koia ha
Hai kai mahau te whetu
Hai kai mahau te marama
Tuku tonu heke tonu te ika ki Te Reinga Whio.

Kaea: Torona titaha
Rangitukia ra te pariha i tukua atu ai nga Kaiwhakaako tokowha.
Ruka ki Reporua
Hohepa ki te Paripari
Kawhia ki Whangakareao
Apakura ki Whangapirita e!
Katoa: E i aha tera
E haramai tonu koe ki roto ki Waiapu kia kite koe
I Tawa Mapua e te paripari Tihei Taruke
I kiia nei e Rerekohu
‘Hoatu karia ana kauae
Purari paka, kaura mokai! Hei

Kaea: Torona kei waho!
Rangitukia ra te pariha i tukua atu ai nga Kaiwhakaako tokowha
Ruka ki Reporua
Hohepa ki te Paripari
Kawhia ki Whangakareao
Apakura ki Whangapirita e!
Katoa: E i aha tera
E haramai tonu koe ki roto ki Waiapu kia kite koe
I Tawa Mapua e te paripari Tihei Taruke
I kiia nei e Rerekohu
‘Hoatu karia ana kauae’
Purari paka, kaura mokai, Hei

Kaea: Ara ra ko te ra kei runga ko nga mana katoa kei raro ra!
Katoa: Oreore kau ana! Oreore kau ana!
Oreore kau ana! Oreore kau ana!

I aue! Hei!

Reference:

Sound file from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, ref: 43116. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright.

Image Tukutuku panels for the Uepohatu Hall, Ruatoria - Photograph taken by Owen Johnson. Mackrell, Brent :Photographs relating to Poverty Bay. Ref: PA1-o-1038-20. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23108856

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