Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol 35 no. 22. 14th September 1972
Te matauranga o te Pakeha
Te matauranga o te Pakeha
1.
Te matauranga o te Pakeha
He mea whakato hei tinanatanga
Mo wai ra? Mo Hatana.
Kia tupato i nga whakawai kia kaha ra
2.
Te matauranga o te Pakeha
Patipati a ka muru whenua,
Kia kaha ra e hoa ma
Ka mutu ano te taanga manawa oranga.
3.
Te matauranga o te Pakeha
Ka tuari i te penihana oranga,
Hei aha ra? Hei patu mahara
Patu tikanga Maori e, a Maori e.
1.
The education of the Pakeha
Is broadcast for whose benefit?
for Satan's!
So be careful of its temptations,
be courageous.
2.
The cleverness of the Pakeha
Deceives you and then he confiscates your land;
Be strong friends
Land provides comfort to the Maori heart.
3.
The education (social conscience) of the Pakeha
Dispenses social security.
What for? In order to confuse my thinking
To subdue the Maori way.
Tuini Ngawai was a prolific composer of (action songs i.e. dance poetry) Some 300 plus compositions from about 1930 to 1968. Nothing escaped her critical mind, but she was essentially a religious person and very proud of her identity, so that anything that enhanced Maoritanga was exalted. The above composition was composed probably when she became associated with the Kotahitanga movement.