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1. the tune
2. the words
3. guitar chords
4. sing it in your own language
   

Who composed it?

5. an old Maori figure of speech
6. emanating in the North
7. modified by Tomoana
8. the Apirana Ngāta connection
9. different song-writing styles
10. conclusion

World War One

Te Aute College 1913




Gallipoli 1915




Hokianga Harbour 1915



More reserves were being called up



Narrowneck Camp, Takapuna 1915



Final Leave 1916



Ruatoria 1917






More than a thousand young men were killed or wounded from a total Maori population of only 50,000.
 

Then another 1000 Maori died in the Influenza pandemic.
So Pokarekare is always sung here with a tinge of grief.

24. at funerals
25. on the Earnslaw
26. on CDs
27. GLBT theme tune
28. Haley Wenestra
29. spelling
30. Rolf Harris
    
31. the America's Cup
32. an upbeat Norwegian version
33. an East Timor party song
34. a Gaelic tune?
35. a real classic folksong
36. bouquets
37. and a brickbat