Quiz released on October 2012 Maori songs - Kiwi songs - Home
3. What was Ngoi Pewhairangi trying to tell the young people of Patea when she wrote this verse of Poi E ? Swing your poi out like a flitting fantail to entertain tourists. When you move to the big city, dodge its dangers like a fantail in a forest. Swing out your poi to chase away the fantail that is the symbol of death. All three of these. 4. This song began life in Australia in 1913 as "The Swiss Cradle Song" and then had the words of a Ratana prayer added to it during World War One to make a farewell song for Te Aute College boys going to Gallipoli. In 1920 Maewa Kaihau gave this farewell song some English words and turned it into "Now is the Hour," which reached the top of the Hit Parade in the United States when Bing Crosby recorded it there in 1947. What is its name ? Pō Atarau Arohaina Mai Me He Manu Rere E Pari Ra
5. When you sing this song, what are you telling your audience ? The story of Rangiatea, who used to roam about planting kumara seedlings. One day you will go to Rangiatea, at Otaki, to help plant kumara seedlings. You will always hold fast to the traditions that reach right back to Ra'iatea. One day you will visit Ra'iatea, the sacred island near Tahiti.
6. What do you know about the famous composer of this song? Dame Kiri Te Kanawa wrote it in 1979 for TV2 to use as its closing-down theme. Dr Hirini Melbourne wrote it in 1974 for his daughter Māhina with when she was unwell. Princess Te Puea composed it in 1923 to sing to her whangai tamariki who were homesick. Princess Te Rangi Pai consoled herself with it when her health was failing in 1907.
7. What does Matua Kereopa remind us about pukana and whetero in his song Ka Pioioi ? These gestures show returning family members our deep feelings of love for them. We make them to returning family members because we are angry they were away for so long. We should make these gestures when performing a poi waka. Men should always make these gestures when watching a poi performance.
8. When introducing these three songs at a concert, you would say that their composers are...? Pariare Tomoana, Kohini Ponika and Apirana Ngata. Kohini Ponika,Tommy Taurima and Ngoi Pewhairangi. Tommy Taurima, Hirini Melbourne and Tuini Ngawai. Kohini Ponika, Hirini Melbourne and Apirana Ngata.
9. This chant is NOT used in...? The Ngati Porou haka Rūaumoko The Maori All Black haka Timatanga The 1924 All Black haka Ko Niu Tireni The 2007 All Black haka Kapa o Pango
10. Te Piriti, with its amazing trumpet playing, is about...? Mangere Bridge, linking Auckland's white middle class and brown working class communities. The social pillars that maintain the link between all peoples in Aotearoa Caring to keep these social supports strong enough to withstand the forces that would divide us. All three of these.
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