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“Ma¯ori oral poetry is a living tradition that is constantly added to. It contains remarkable stories. It uses metaphors drawn from our own land, sea and sky. It is sung to the tunes of the wind and of water and of birds. Working within its traditions I have come to see that at the heart of all poetry, written or spoken, is a kind of cry. And if a poem cries well, then its meaning is always simply in the nature of that cry first and foremost. Language, understanding, cognition, are always second to this.
In this collection of poems Glenn Colquhoun writes to his daughter, former partner, and mother, using the medium of Ma¯ori oral poetry. In doing
so he explores oriori, karakia, haka, mo¯teatea, pa¯tere, waiata aroha and waiata tangi. It is a companion volume to Myths and Legends of the Ancient Pa¯keha¯, his collection of oral poetry in English.
A soundtrack to the poems is available at www.glenncolquhoun.net
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Small New Zealand Publisher
Publication date: 01/01/2003
