Tahi Nei Taru Kino

I whānau a Paraire Tomoana ki Te Matau-a-Māui i te tau 1875. He manu ariki whakatakapōkai whenua, he manu hōnenga, he manu tute hoki mō ōna iwi, me ōna hapū puta noa i te rohe o Kahungunu. I te wā o Te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, ka whakaritea e Paraire he kaupapa penapena pūtea mā ngā hōia Māori, nā, ka whakatōpūngia mai he rōpū haka, e kī ana ko Te Poi o Heretaunga, ka huri haere ai i te motu, ki reira waiatatia ai āna waiata ki te marea. I taua wā he āhua nui āna titonga. Ko ‘Hoea Rā Te Waka Nei’, ko ‘E Pari Rā’, ko ‘Te Ope Tuatahi’, ko ‘Poi Waka’, ko ‘Pōkarekare Ana’, ko ‘Tahi Nei Taru Kino’ ētehi o aua waiata rā. He waiata aroha, he waiata whakaipoipo a ‘Tahi Nei Taru Kino’.

Paraire Tomoana was born in Hawke's Bay in 1875. He was a revered leader, a skilled orator, and a respected figure among his iwi and hapū throughout the Ngāti Kahungunu region. During World War I, Paraire organised a fundraising campaign for Māori soldiers, leading to the formation of a kapa haka known as Te Poi o Heretaunga. They travelled across the country performing their songs at various gatherings. It was during this time that many of his compositions gained widespread recognition, including ‘Hoea Rā Te Waka Nei’, ‘E Pari Rā’, ‘Te Ope Tuatahi’, ‘Poi Waka’, ‘Pokarekare Ana’, and ‘Tahi Nei Taru Kino’, a love song.