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E Taku Huia Kaimanawa

by TE KAAHU

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’E Taku Huia Kaimanawa’ is a devastatingly beautiful waiata, which explores the pain and grief of death. “That desperate feeling of loneliness and wanting so badly for that person to return to you but knowing that you must let them go."

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Kei whea rā koe e te tau?
Mokemoke nei ahau
Hotu ana te ngākau

E kore e warewaretia
Tukuna atu koe kia rerea
Ki tua o te ārai
Noho ki te pō

Tiakina mai hei korowai
Whakairotia ahau ki tō aroha
Tiwhatiwha te pō, tiwhatiwha te ao
He hononga tangata e kore e motu
Hoki mai rā e taku huia kaimanawa
E hoki mai rā taku huia kaimanawa

Kei konei tonu ahau
E apakura ana mōu auē

E kore e warewaretia
Tukuna atu koe kia rerea
Ki tua o te ārai
Noho ki te pō

Tiakina mai hei korowai
Whakairotia ahau ki tō aroha
Tiwhatiwha te pō, tiwhatiwha te ao
He hononga tangata e kore e motu
E taku huia kaimanawa
E hoki mai rā auē

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released December 3, 2021
Written by Em Walker and William Bradshaw

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TE KAAHU Auckland, New Zealand

TE KAAHU honours the craft and skill of Māori songwriting and storytelling and is the brainchild of critically acclaimed Aotearoa singer and songwriter Theia (Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Tiipa).

Theia is a fierce proponent of the revitalisation of Māori language and culture, and through TE KAAHU she pays tribute to her tūpuna wāhine (female ancestors).
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