On September 23, 1941the Māori Battalion is at El Diyura near El Alamein, Egypt. While there an open air concert was conducted and broadcast to the people back home. C Company performed two items including this haka.
This is part four of the broadcast. Listen to part five - C Company action song.
[Site editors note: there is some static intermittently through the sound file]
Transcript
Ngati Porou, Toka-a-Taiau, Tarakeha, Tawhiti, Patangata, take o Hikurangi, me te ngutuawa o Waiapu, tena koutou katoa. Tenei a koutou tamariki te haka atu nei ki a koutou.
Kaea: E, ko te
iwi Maori e ngunguru nei!
Katoa: Au, au,
aue ha. Hi!
Kaea: E, ko te
ope hoia e ngunguru nei!
Katoa: Au, au,
aue ha. Hi!
Katoa: Ahaha! Hitara koa! Kanga mai ra!
Katoa: Taku upoko!
Kaea: He tapu!
Katoa: Taku
upoko!
Kaea: No tuainuku!
Katoa: Taku
upoko!
Kaea: No
tuairangi!
Katoa: Taku upoko!
Kaea: Ahaha!
A, he koia, he koia, he koia ra. Hei kai mahau te whetu! Hei kai mahau te
marama! Piki tonu, heke tonu te Ika-ki-te-Reinga, i au! Au, au, au, hi!
Kaea: A, i torona titaha! Haramai tonu ra nga ope hoia i runga i te
upoko hau, i te po marangai i te puehutanga mai o te kingi!
Katoa: Ahaha! U whakarauiri ki Ihipa. Ka ki te whare ki te hoia uhia mai. Uhia mai to
kanohi ki te rau o te aroha.
Kaea: Ahaha!
Katoa: Aue, kia hiko au e! Te okaoka o taku
pu!
Kia hiko au
e! Te okaoka o taku pu!
Kei hinga
au e, kei mate au e.
Kei takoto
tonu, aue ha!
Kaea: A, mate atu he toa!
Katoa: Ara mai ra he toa!
Kaea: Mate atu he toa!
Katoa: Ara mai
ra he toa!
Kaea: Tena
karawhiua!
Katoa: Aue, aue,
aue!
Kaea: A, ko komako, ko komako!
Katoa: Ko te
hautapu e rite ki te kai na matariki. Tapareireia
koiatapa. Tapa konunua koiana tukua hi
aue hi!
Kaea: Ka mate,
ka mate!
Katoa: Ka ora ka
ora!
Kaea: Ka mate,
ka mate!
Katoa: Ka ora ka ora! Tenei te tangata puhuruhuru nana nei i
tiki mai whakawhiti te ra!
Upane, ka upane. Upane, ka upane, whiti te ra!
Sound file from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, ref: 12879. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright.
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: DA-01229-F
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Takupu (7)
Ko wai te kaea?
Submitted by Mihimaioha on Mon, 29/08/2011 - 12:04
Re: Ko wai te kaea
Submitted by mbadmin on Mon, 29/08/2011 - 16:31
Kia ora ano, We have an
Submitted by mbadmin on Wed, 31/08/2011 - 08:37
Name of Haka
Submitted by shandogg111111 on Wed, 31/08/2011 - 12:49
Re: Name of haka
Submitted by mbadmin on Wed, 31/08/2011 - 15:23
Awsome bro. Cheers. Shan
Submitted by shandogg111111 on Thu, 01/09/2011 - 16:38
Haka
Submitted by Naz on Sat, 10/09/2011 - 07:22