Tinirau (track 5 of 16)

Track 5 of the 1970 album Songs of Maori heroes, by Upper Hutt kapa haka group Māwai Hakona, 'Tinirau' is an action song by Te Oka (Jock McEwen). This is a sequel to the song of Hinauri. Her second husband, Tinirau, had a pet fish called Tutunui, which was stolen and eaten by Kae. Tinirau's sisters, Raukatauri and Raukatamea, and other women, went to Kae's island. They did not know him, but knew he had an overlapping tooth, so they performed a haka (included in the song), which made everyone laugh. This ruse enabled them to see Kae's overlapping tooth, and they bewitched him and carried him back to Tinirau.