E Ara Apanui recites the genealogical links between the Te Whakatōhea iwi and the host people of the Te Whānau a Apanui iwi. This new composition was performed by Ōpōtiki Mai Tawhiti at the Mātaatua Regional Kapa Haka Competition to qualify for Te Matatini 2013

Maxwell, Te Kahautu

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WHAKAEKE E ARA APANUI  KUPU E pā tō reo e te Tairāwhiti Pākatokato ai te aroha i ahau Kai atu aku mata ki Mōtū rā He huihuinga mai nō ngā iwi katoa Tākiri taku poi! Tākiri! Tākiri! Tākirikiri ana te manawa o taku poi e i e! Hotuhotu manawa hī! Hotuhotu manawa ana! Taukiri e! Tipinuku, tipirangi ko koe kai tipia noatia He hohou nuku, he hohou rangi Takoto i Ōpeke1, takoto i Ōwaka2 Ka riro koe ki te pō taku pare kōtuku e Whiro3! Hotuhotu manawa, hotuhotu manawa! Taukiri e! Hikohiko te uira papā te whatitiri Whakahekeheke ana mai runga o Ōpōtiki E i aha tērā Puritia Te Tautara ki Waitangi4 rā e Ei  kia takatakahi mai nei i roto i ahau he tāne ka ea i a koe te mate o Poroumāta5                                                  1 Ōpeke: Ko Ōpekerau tērā, koiarā te ingoa o te marae i Waioweka. 2 Ōwaka: Koianaei te ingoa o te urupā i Ōpeke. 3 Whiro: Koia te poutokomanawa o Ōpōtiki-Mai-Tawhiti. He wahine poi a Whiro nāna i hanga i ngā poi a te kapa. Nō reira kua waiho mā te poi ia e poroporoaki. 4 Te Tautara ki Waitangi: Koinei te wāhi i whānau mai ai a Tūwhakairiora.  He tipuna tēnei nō Ngāti Porou me te Whakatōhea.  Ko Ngātihau te ingoa o te pāpā o Tūwhakairiora, nō Te Whakatōhea ia. 5 Poroumāta: Koinei te tipuna koroua o Tūwhakairiora, te pāpā o Te Atakura kōka o Tūwhakairiora.  He rangatira a Poroumāta o Ngāti Porou i kōhurutia ia e Te Wahineiti he iwi o Te Tairāwhiti.  I hapū a Te Atakura ka haere rāua ko tana tāne a Ngātihau ki roto i tana iwi o Te Whakatōhea ki Ōpōtiki ki te whakawhānau i tā rāua tamaiti.  Ā, koinei te oriori a Te Atakura ki te ewe i roto i tana kōpu, me he tāne hei rānaki i te mate o tana pāpā o Poroumāta. “Ei  kia takatakahi mai nei i roto i ahau he tāne ka ea i a koe te mate o Poroumāta”. Paengatoetoe6, Taurikōmore7, Tauritoatoa8 Rīria! Rīria! Whāngaia mai ki ahau Hōmai taku hiku tawatawa9 kia pau! Tūmoanakōtore-i-whakairioratia!10 Tūwhakairiora! Tūkaitauā! Nā Uekahikatea, Uhengaparāoa Paekura ki tō taringa, Waikanae ki tō ringa Rūtanga, Hinemahuru, Rongomaihuatahi Te Kuti; Te Wera; Te Ua; Te Hauā Te Tapu o Muriwai E ara Apanui e hī!                                                    6 Paengatoetoe: Koinei te pakanga tuatahi a Tūwhakairiora I puta ai tana rongotoa ki Ōpape. 7 Taurikōmore: He pakanga tēnei a Tūwhakairiora ki roto o Te Tairāwhiti ki Te Wahineiti. 8 Tauritoatoa: He pakanga anō tēnei āna ki Te Wahineiti. 9 Hiku tawatawa: Koinei tana pakanga whakamutunga ki a Te Wahineiti, i ea ai te mate o Poroumāta. 10 Tūmoanakōtore-i-whakairioratia: Koinei te whakarāpopototanga o te ingoa o Tūwhakairiora.  Ko Tūmoanakōtore te tipuna o Tūwhakairiora, i pōhēhē te iwi kua mate a Tūmoanakōtore ka whakairitia tana tūpāpaku ki roto i tētahi kauere ka hoki ana te iwi ki te kāinga ka rongo rātou i tētahi reo e karanga ana ki a rātou.  Kite rawa ake rātou ko Tūmoanakōtore tonu e ora tonu ana.  Anā ka tapaina tēnei ingoa a Tūmoanakōtore-i-whakairioratia ki runga i a Tūwhakairiora. WHAKAMĀRAMA Ko te wāhanga Tuatahi o te whakaeke nei he poroporoaki ki a Whiro Kāwana (nee Tai) o Ngāti Ira, Waioweka. Koia tētahi o ngā poupou o te kapa haka nei a Ōpōtiki-Mai-Tawhiti mai anō i te tīmatatanga o te kapa. Nāna I hanga ngā poi mā ngā wāhine mō ngā tau 17. Ana kua waiho mā ngā poi ia e poroporoaki. Ko te wāhanga tuarua o te whakaeke he tātai i te whakapapa a Apanui i te uri o Muriwai ko Uhengaparaoa. He wahine rongonui puta i te Tairāwhiti. .  I tukuna hei pākūhā ki a Tamahinengaro toa whawhai o Ngāti Porou mō tana tautoko i a Te Whakatōhea i roto i te pakanga.  Koinei te hononga nui o Te Whakatōhea ki ngā iwi o Te Tairāwhiti.  I whakamoea e Tamahinengaro a Uhengaparāoa  ki tana tama a Rākaipikirārunga ka puta ki waho ko Rūtanga ka moe i a Tūmoanakōtore ka puta ki waho ko Hinemahuru, ka moe i a Apanui-Waipapa ka puta ki waho ko Rongomaihuatahi ka moe i a Tūrirangi o runga i a Te Arawa, ka puta ki waho ko Apanui-Ringamutu ko Te Whānau-a-Apanui.  Arā he wāhine katoa ngā tīpuna o Apanui i tōna taha Te Whakatōhea. Ka moe a Uhengaparāoa i te taina o Rākaipikirārunga i a Mōkaiaporou ka puta ki waho ko Rongomaitauarau ka puta ki waho ko Ngātihau ka moe i a Atakura ka puta ki waho ko Tūwhakairiora. Ko Paekura me Waikanae he taonga ēnei i tukuna ai i te taha o Uhengaparāoa. Ko Paekura he mōtoi pounamu ko Waikanae he patu pounamu.  Anei te whakataukī “Paekura ki tō taringa, Waikanae ki tō ringa”. Ko tēnei whakaeke ka whakaatu i te mana wahine i runga i te tātai o Apanui-Ringamutu ki a Muriwai me Uhengaparaoa. Original Composition E Ara Apanui Musical Score Composed By Te Kahautu Maxwell Lyrics Composed By Te Kāhautu Maxwell Date Item Composed 10 Tīhema 2011 University of Waikato  

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