Love this rendition! Love The Yoots!!! Your research is bang on too. 1943 - first performed at/by Whakarewarewa School in Rotorua and composed by Hirini Tawhai from Omaio.
Love this rendition! Love The Yoots!!! Your research is bang on too. 1943 - first performed at/by Whakarewarewa School in Rotorua and composed by Hirini Tawhai from Omaio.
If you had looked a bit closer, I think you would have found that this classic Maori waiata was actually translated from a Kanak song from New Caledonia (Mare from memory) by two Maori women who went there with the Kanak independence movement in the 1980s. Great to see this version of it!
@davidtsmall - Actually Dave, you've mistaken this 'Nga iwi e, e karanga e te iwi e' with the revamped Kanak 'Nga iwi e, kia kotahi ra te moana nui a Kiwa' version. Factual satement, just the wrong waiata.
Ah sweet as, I was just thinking because the lyrics for Nga Iwi E didn't match up. But it did match up to E KARANGA E TE IWI E. Such a beautiful Maori waiata-a-ringa and such an AWESOME jazz rendition. Love The Yoots!
Yes, it is also known as E Te Iwi E. We did a lot of research on the titles and translations which come in the CD booklet. A lot of the titles depend on which part of New Zealand you come from. This tune in particular has many titles, because the first line is often substituted with the Marae, Iwi, place name, or school of the people that are singing it.
Love this rendition! Love The Yoots!!! Your research is bang on too. 1943 - first performed at/by Whakarewarewa School in Rotorua and composed by Hirini Tawhai from Omaio.
tafari903 1 week ago
Love this rendition! Love The Yoots!!! Your research is bang on too. 1943 - first performed at/by Whakarewarewa School in Rotorua and composed by Hirini Tawhai from Omaio.
tafari903 1 week ago
first heard this while waiting for Fat Freddys Drop to grace the stage. whole front row sung it baaaaaaaaad
YAMAHAFIASCO 2 weeks ago
best waitangi day eva - in Paekakariki - longest conga line - rockin it in the kak
endanger4 3 weeks ago
This makes me feel really proud to be a New Zealander for some reason.
podwink07 4 weeks ago
@xamehc You're right. I'm wrong. Same title but quite different waiata.
davidsmallnz 1 month ago
Amazing!!!!
peanutmack 1 month ago
Yes yes enough intellectualising.... can we enjoy the song now? LOVE it, Yoots! Thankyoooouuuuuu. (On my Christmas playlist now)
hineauahi 2 months ago
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!
tafari903 2 months ago
If you had looked a bit closer, I think you would have found that this classic Maori waiata was actually translated from a Kanak song from New Caledonia (Mare from memory) by two Maori women who went there with the Kanak independence movement in the 1980s. Great to see this version of it!
davidtsmall 2 months ago
@davidtsmall - Actually Dave, you've mistaken this 'Nga iwi e, e karanga e te iwi e' with the revamped Kanak 'Nga iwi e, kia kotahi ra te moana nui a Kiwa' version. Factual satement, just the wrong waiata.
xamehc 1 month ago
Tu meke! Love the trombone solo
MultiTimmah 3 months ago
Heard this on George yesterday morning. SWEET!!
anahselttob 3 months ago
love the skaterlights? try the kiwi version . fabuous :)
kiwiwriter 4 months ago
mean yoots are choice luv it, bought album str8 away
DannyiLL 5 months ago
Noticed that you feature on the splore site!!! Hope to see you in FEB, WOOHOO!!!!!
MaryanneHarpur 5 months ago
I am soooo hooked on 'The Yoots'....you guys are where it's happeing...LOVE IT!!!
dotnblk2 5 months ago
Ah sweet as, I was just thinking because the lyrics for Nga Iwi E didn't match up. But it did match up to E KARANGA E TE IWI E. Such a beautiful Maori waiata-a-ringa and such an AWESOME jazz rendition. Love The Yoots!
candiekane 5 months ago
Yes, it is also known as E Te Iwi E. We did a lot of research on the titles and translations which come in the CD booklet. A lot of the titles depend on which part of New Zealand you come from. This tune in particular has many titles, because the first line is often substituted with the Marae, Iwi, place name, or school of the people that are singing it.
pkentertainmentnz 5 months ago
Isn't this E Te Iwi E?
candiekane 5 months ago