Piki ake au (track 6 of 16)

Track 6 of the 1970 album Songs of Maori heroes, by Upper Hutt kapa haka group Māwai Hakona, 'Piki ake au' is a pātere composed by Te Oka (Jock McEwen). A pātere is a rhythmic chant either taunting other people or extolling the virtues of one's own tribe. This example tells the story of the Upper Hutt Valley and the old tribes Ngāti Ira and later Te Āti Awa, who lived there before the Europeans came, and concludes by telling of the new tribe, Māwai Hakona, growing up amongst the Europeans.