Tracklist Hide Credits
| A1 | Oriori: Popo E Tangi Ki Te Kai ManaVocals – Unknown Artist |
| A2 | Waiata: Ka Riro Ra Ia Te Momo O Te TangataVocals – Unknown Artist |
| A3 | Tangi: LamentComposed By – Te ParanoaVocals – Tuhoe* |
| A4 | Waiata ArohaComposed By – PuhiwahineVocals – Unknown Artist |
| A5 | HakaComposed By – Te RauparahaVocals – Unknown Artist |
| A6 | HakaComposed By – WairangiVocals – Unknown Artist |
| B1 | MaemaeVocals – Ngati Raukawa* |
| B2 | Karakia To TanemahutaVocals – Unknown Artist |
| B3 | Karakia To TangaroaVocals – Te Arawa |
| B4 | He WhakaaraaraVocals – Unknown Artist |
| B5 | Te To O TainuiVocals – Unknown Artist |
| B6 | Toia Mai Te WakaVocals – Unknown Artist |
| B7 | Apakura (Dirge)Vocals – Tuhoe* |
Credits
- Design [Cover] – Ronald Clyne
- Liner Notes – Harry Tschopik Jr., Ulric Williams
- Producer – Moses Asch
- Producer [Editor] – Harold Courlander
Notes
Track A1 is a lullaby (oriori).Track A2 is a lament (tangi).
Track A3 & B7 is a lament of the Tuhoe tribe.
Track A4 is a love song (waiata aroha).
Track B1 is a death chant (maemae), sung at the death of Wahineiti, a Ngati Raukawa chieftain.
Track B2 is an incantation (karakia), supplicating the god of the forsts, Tanemahuta.
Track B3 is an incantation belonging to the Te Arawa people.
Track B4 is an ancient sentinel alarm.
Track B5 is a canoe hauling song.
Track B6 is a canoe hauling song which has evolved into an welcome chant (powhiri).
Track B7 is lament of the Tuhoe tribe.
Recorded by the New Zealand Broadcating Service in cooperation with the Maori Affairs Dept..
8-page A4 booklet inserted.
Reissue with red cover and white labels with red font.
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-433 | Māori | Maori Songs Of New Zealand (LP, Album) | Folkways Records, Ethnic Folkways Library | P-433 | US | 1952 |
| FE 4433 | Māori | Maori Songs Of New Zealand (LP, Album, RE) | Folkways Records | FE 4433 | US | Unknown |
| FE 4433 | Māori | Maori Songs Of New Zealand (LP, Album, RE) | Folkways Records | FE 4433 | US | Unknown |

