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1300s - Te Matuku i Hea? - Where's the bittern? 1400s - He Tangi te Kiwi - waka portaging chant. 1500s - Ruia, Ruia - we must be like godwits returning from Alaska. 1600s - 1st Kīkiki Kākaka - chant for a tatau pounamu marriage 1600s - Po! Po! - kumara origins. 1600s - Taku Toki - Arahura greenstone axe chant 1600s - Turou Whakataha - psychotherapy chant. 1600s?- He Potiki mo Wharaurangi - Whanganui oriori with rivers named. 1720 - 1st Pinepine te Kura - curing iodine deficiency disease on Takapau Plains. 1810 - 2nd Kīkiki Kākaka - Te Rauparaha hides in a kumara pit. 1820 - 3rd Kīkiki Kokoko - Te Rauparaha's last attempt to defend Kawhia. 1820s?- 1st Takoto Rawa Iho - Seeking revenge for a war party that got wiped out. 1820s - Te Tai o Kawhia/Honipaka/Ngamotu - a last farewell to his seaside village. 1820s - 3rd Kaore te Aroha Mohukihuki - desire for another woman's husband. 1820s - Kaore te Aroha e Huri - intense longing for her iwi, far to the north of Rotorua. 1840s - Te Ngahuru's Lament - for his wrecked waka taua. 1850s - Taku Rakau E - a Tuhoe widow's lament. 1862 - Pounamu Rama Nei - the joys of drinking rum. 1864 - E Pa To Hau - a lament for stolen land. 1870 - Engari Te Tītī - old lady left behind beside Waikaremoana. 1871 - 1st Kaore Hoki te Mānukanuka - Te Kooti's call to unite and rebuild. 1881 - 2nd Kaore Hoki te Mānukanuka - a longer version - Stop Pakeha land theft! 1884 - 2nd Takoto Rawa Iho - Te Kooti calls for peace, not revenge. 1890 - 2nd Pinepine te Kura - Te Kooti denounces those who betrayed him. 1896 - 4th Kaore te Aroha Mohukihuki - protest to Prime Minister in Wellington. Analysis of how moteatea are constructed. Search Roa's Formulaic Discourse Patterning in Mōteatea (2008). |