Hauiti Tangi Tirarau

"Ka tipu te whaihanga e hika, ki Uawa"

Introducing Hauiti Tangi Tirarau. 

Here is how Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti sees the world, past, present, and future. These waiata, mōteatea and haka tell you who we are and where we are from – our pride-lands, Uawa-nui-a-Ruamatua. These songs explain what bind us, what distinguish us, what connects us to others. This expresses how fiercely we love, how passionately we grieve, how simple and untainted our pride is.

Here is a glimpse in to our world and most of all - our people. 

Here is a resource not reserved for a stage or a competition, but for ourselves wherever and whenever.

Here is te reo ake o Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti. In all it’s intricacies; genealogies, karakia, colloquialisms, humour, metaphor, and I’ll be honest some errors. 

These are the stories of our matua, our tipuna, our whare wānanga, our pepeha, our kōrero tuku iho. 

We present them to you. Please treat them with care.

*All permission to reproduce songs belong with the composer