Toi Amai - this is definitely a must see! Thought provoking, exhilarating, raw and real. On Saturday Aug 9th @ 8pm and Sunday at 2pm - dont miss out! Tickets at Centrepoint Palmerston North - https://patronbase/_CP/Productions/ Sad Joke on a Marae by Apirana Taylor, written 1979. Tihei Mauriora I called Kupe Paikea Te Kooti Rewi and Te Rauparaha I saw them grim death and wooden ghosts carved on the meeting house wall In the only Maori I knew I called Tihei Mauriora Above me the tekoteko raged He ripped his tongue from his mouth And threw it at my feet Then I spoke My name is Tu the freezing worker Ngati D.B. is my tribe The pub is my marae My fist is my taiaha Jail is my home Tihei Mauriora I cried They understood The tekoteko and the ghosts Though I said nothing but Tihei Mauriora For that’s all I knew
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 23:24:18 +0000