Story: Papatūānuku – the land

Calling mourners at a tangi

Calling mourners at a tangi

Olivia Horiwia Bradbrook (née Tamihana; Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu) wails her call of mourning at the tangi (funeral) of former prime minister Sir Keith Holyoake in 1983. She is the kaikaranga, a woman who calls visitors onto a marae. The kaikaranga from the tangata whenua (host people) welcomes visitors onto particular areas. This demonstrates the host people’s tribal ties to the land – Papatūānuku.

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, 'Papatūānuku – the land - Whakapapa and kaupapa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/11482/calling-mourners-at-a-tangi (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 24 Sep 2007