Hinauri (track 4 of 16)

Track 4 of the 1970 album Songs of Maori heroes, by Upper Hutt kapa haka group Māwai Hakona, 'Hinauri' is an action song by Te Oka (Jock McEwen). This song is based on a very ancient chant. Hinauri was the sister of Māui. Her husband, Irawaru, angered Māui and was turned into a dog. Hinauri went to the coast and called on the sea monsters to swallow her. She threw herself into the sea and finally drifted ashore at the island of Motutapu, where two brothers, Ihu-atamai and Ihu-wareware, found her. She became the wife of Tinirau, king of the island.