Ohaaki from Toops Loops by Piripi Whaanga Whanau

Here’s how I remember Shai’s first birthday.
“Sitting in dad’s garden eating pebbles one by one, while overhead the jets roar down the road. He ohaaki he ohaaki. Counting out my first year, hold the joy, forget the fear. You have yourselves to thank, your well- meaning brought me here.
And all was well, he ohaaki, all is well, he ohaaki, all will be, will be, well.”
Ohaaki (from CD Toops Loops 2003)

• Alternative
• Indigenous roots
• Maori
• acoustic guitar
• multicultural
• te reo maori
• New Zealand