Waka Huia - Hirini Melbourne & Te Puka a Maui

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Waka Huia - Hirini Melbourne & Te Puka a Maui

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Most of this Waka Huia episode consists of an in-depth interview in te reo with composer and teacher Hirini Melbourne (Ngāī Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu). Melbourne reflects on his Rūātoki childhood and his (short) time at Te Aute College. He penned his first te reo songs in Pōneke (Welllington), while studying to be a teacher. Melbourne performs a selection of short, catchy waiata inspired by animals and birds, plus a longer composition about Lake Waikaremoana, and  'Orongomai' — a song inspired b...

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Video

Date created

1987

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/waka-huia-hirini-melbourne-te-puka-a-maui-1987

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te reo māori / waiata / musician / childhood / growing up / education / te whare takiura / teacher training / illiterate / literacy / wellington / earning a living / te wharehuia / waikato / composing / mahi / artistic inspiration / stories and legend / te maunga / performance / acoustic guitar / grief / memories / children of the mist / native bird / native species / fantail / observing nature / tioioi / recording music / lake waikaremoana / weta / eels / movement / ruru / owls / kaitiaki / tamariki / waiata a tamariki / orongomai / peace / ecology / papatuanuku / aroha / kauri / vocals / folk songs / invercargill / cultural group / kapa haka / murihiku / poi / ka mate / te urewera / whānau / rūātoke / ngāi tūhoe / rūātoki / pōneke / māori music / māori musician / ngā pōtiki / legends / myths / halley's comet / te puka a māui / pūriri moth / tuna / tirairaka / new zealand birds / birds / kōrero / hinepūkohurangi / guitar / manu / papaptūānuku / pīwakawaka / te reo / whakatāne / wētā / children's music / children's songs / te puka a maui

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