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Thread #112867   Message #2545740
Posted By: Gurney
22-Jan-09 - 12:33 AM
Thread Name: Origins: NZ Tui in a kowhai tree
Subject: RE: Origins: NZ Tui in a kowhai tree
See you at the Auckland Festival this weekend, Robyn.

If anyone is going to sing the song, these traps for young players:

Kowhai, pronounced Cow-fai (as in the animal and fire.)
Tui       "   Too-ee
Rata       "    Rah-tah
Aeotearoa "    Ay-oh-te-ah-row-ah

You have to give vowels equal value in Maori words.