E Te Iwi E (Call to the People)

* E Te Iwi E

Literally "just disembarked and come up here onto our meeting ground." 

 

E Te Iwi E (Call to the People)

E Te Iwi E (Call to the People) (youtube.com)

 

E Te Iwi E (Call to the People) · Dame Kiri Te Kanawa · New Zealand Symphony Orchestra · Traditional

 

Released on: 2013-11-18

Associated Performer: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Carl Doy

 

 

Te Iwi E calls on our local iwi to stand together. This waiata was written in response to breakdown of communities to urbanisation, those who went to war, and so on. You may notice that there are different versions of this waiata, and that is because the very start calls upon people from your own iwi.

 

Kiwi Songs - Maori Songs - Home

This powerful song of welcome echoes the women's karanga. It draws hosts and visitors together through a shared memory of loved ones who have been lost from the land, by both war and migration. While showing grief, the singers also express earth-shaking pride in the achievements of those who went away to the war, and later, those who have found a new way of life in the cities.

Te Iwi e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29S3N0Nqw9w

 

 

(Leader) Te iwi e !! Te iwi e1 e karanga2 e te iwi e Kua eke mai nei Kua eke mai nei3 ki runga te marae e Mauria mai ra Mauria mai ra e nga mate4 o te motu e Me nga tini roimata Me nga tini roimata e maringi whanui5 e Titiro e nga iwi Titiro e nga iwi e nga mahi o te motu6 E hora atu nei e R? ana te whenua R? ana te whenua,7 whatiwhati te moana Aue te aroha Aue te aroha te mamae i ahau e. (ending 2nd time) R? ana te whenua whatiwhati, hei!

Our tribe is calling to the people   who have just arrived on our meeting ground Bring with you memories of the dead of this land and so many tears spilling forth nation-wide. Look at our people working across the land spread out far and wide Shaking is the ground, quivering is the sea. Oh, the love and the pain within me. The ground is shaking and quivering, yeah!