Aue, e te ururangi (track 1 of 16)

Track 1 of the 1970 album Songs of Maori heroes, by Upper Hutt kapa haka group Māwai Hakona, 'Aue, e te ururangi' is a pōwhiri. Although a modern composition by Te Oka (Jock McEwen) of Māwai Hakona, this chant of welcome follows the traditional form of chant and haka. The words are then repeated in the form of an action song. The welcome concludes with another original song by Te Oka, 'Matakitaki mai', which introduces the performers as the tribes of Whirinaki (Silverstream) in the valley of Awakairangi (the Hutt River).