09 Ka Tahuri Au by Ngāi Tahu published on 2015-07-14T01:23:39Z Haea te ata Ka hapara te ata Ka tū te ata Ko te ata matua Ka waiora te kutu Ka korihi te manu Ka awatea Haea te ata The transmission from te pō to te ao mārama, the hourney to enlightenment – ka pō, ka pō, ka awatea. This album is the second produced under Te Hā o Tahupōtiki and is aptly named Haea Te Ata. The name is a symbolic phrase that refers to the way in which the dawn slices through the womb of Hine-nui-te-pō. In a metaphorical way it is taken from the way in which our tūpuna slit the belly of a barracuda and how the intestines then slid through the belly of the ika. Haea te ata is one of several stages of transmission from te pō to te ao mārama and is very illustrative of our own transition to enlightenment. the proverb, which appears above describes these stages. It comes from an old chant that was held by Aunty Rima Bell. Genre kmk