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Waim​ā​pihi

from P​ō​neke by Ruby Solly

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This track pays tribute to Kāti Māmoe and Kāti Ira tīpuna, Mapihi. A rangatira who brought together many of the iwi of Poneke pre pakeha. Māpihi would bath in a pool deep in the heart of Aro Valley. Hence the name of the stream ‘Waimāpihi’; the waters of Māpihi. Recorded on the banks of the Waimāpihi stream up Holloway road, this track pays tribute to both Pākehā and Māori tīpuna who have lived here. From the time of Māpihi, to Mitchelltown days, to the present as Holloway road.

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E Kui,
You are a people weaver
Kāti Māmoe,
Kāti Ira,
Ngai Tara,
soar within you.

It makes sense, e Kui
that you bathed in the pool
that holds together
all of these streams,
all of the veins
that flow ever gently
to the sea.

Your name sake trapped now
beneath the first settler street
that became a settler city.
But up in our hills
your waters still flow.
Under our concrete
we hear you
but only
when we press our ears
to the ground.

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from P​ō​neke, released June 5, 2020

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Ruby Solly Wellington, New Zealand

Ruby Solly (Kai Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe) is a musician, writer and taonga puoro practitioner living in Pōneke, Aotearoa. Her first album 'Pōneke' explores the hidden histories of Wellington as well as the part that the environment plays within the recording and composing process. ... more

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