FIELD RECORDING MAORI ETHNIC Ana Hato & Chorus HOKI HOKI Tonumai/ Epari Ra 78
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Description
MAORI ETHNIC recording recorded in New Zealand
Recorded at Rotorua, N.Z., with Maori singers during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, 1927.
This performance in Rotorua was recorded by technicians from the Australian branch of Parlophone Records. The recording was achieved with small portable acoustic recording equipment.
Acoustic recording Performed in Ma¯ori.
Hoki hoki tonumai : love ditty [sound recording] / [sung by] Ana Hato with chorus. Epari ra : blue eyes : part-song.
Date 1927 By Hato, Ana, 1907-1953. Publisher Australia : Parlophone, 1927.
Pressed in Australia for the Australian & New Zealand markets.
First 1927 pressing with large picture label.
78 rpm 10" record
Condition: EXCELLENT pristine, plays very quiet faintest crackle
A SUPERB COPY
Ana Matawhaura Hato was a singer from New Zealand of Maori descent. She along with Deane Waretini, Snr. have the distinction of being the first vocalists to have Maori songs commercially recorded in New Zealand.
She was born on 30 December 1907 in Rotorua. Her father was of Ngati Whakaue descent, and her mother was of Tuhourangi descent.[1]
Career
Hato and her cousin Deane Waretini took music lessons from the wife of the Whakarewarewa School headmaster, Mrs Banks. Her and Waretini also sang at community gatherings, church and for tourists.[2]
She made local history and an entry into the books, when she and Waretini in 1927 performed for the Duke and Duchess of York. She was aged 20 at this time. This performance in Rotorua was recorded by technicians from the Australian branch of Parlophone Records. The recording was achieved with small portable acoustic recording equipment.[3]
Illness and death
She died at Rotorua on 8 December 1953 at the age of 45.[1]
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