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Mōteatea are traditional chanted songs. They were composed for almost every aspect of experience - love, loss, conflict, childbirth, dreams and much more. Because traditional tribal society was oral, songs were an important way of retaining information and passing that information on to successive generations.
Kāti au i konei is a collection of waiata from Ngāti Toarangatira and Ngāti Raukawa of the southern reaches of Te Ika-a-Māui (North Island of New Zealand). It contains waiata composed by members of these two tribes. The collection follows the model created by Sir Apirana Ngata in his monumental Nga Moteatea series of collectedwaiata. Kāti au i konei also contains contributions by current authorities and exponents of waiata including Pāteriki Te Rei, Te Waari Te Rei, Ngārongo Iwikātea Nicholson and Dr. Tūkawekai Kereama. Their contributions are published alongside information drawn from the manuscripts of Mätene Te Whiwhi, Te Rangihaeata, Wiremu Neera Te Kanae and Tämihana Te Rauparaha. The text is fully bilingual.
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