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Melbourne ,Hirini: Forest & Ocean

Bird & other songs composed and sung in Maori by Hirini Melbourne ,with actual recorded New Zealand birdsong.
Hirini Melbourne is both composer and singer on this recording. He devoted his life to promoting the Maori language, culture and music.
Dr. Melbourne was a dean and associate professor at the School of Maori and Pacific Development at Waikato University, Hamilton. As well as being a singer he became an expert in traditional Maori instruments, performing live on the marae and in concert with the noted ethnomusicologist Richard Nunns. For his services to music he was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2003 New Year's Honours List.

Forest-
1 Te Kopere (The rainbow)
2 Kokako (The blue wattled crow)
3 Waiata ki te ra (Song to the sun)
4 Pipi manu e (Young birds)
5 Pipiwharauroa (The shining cuckoo)
6 Tui (The tui) nzcd
7 Tirairaka (The fantail)
8 Riroriro (The grey warbler)
9 Mohua (The yellowhead)
10 Pungawerewere (The spider)
11 Putorino a Raukatauri (The case moth)
12 Ruru (The morepork)
13 Kiwi (The kiwi)

Ocean-
14 Te ika a Maui (Maui's fish - Akiaki or Tarapunga, the red-billed gull)
15 Takapu (The gannet)
16 Kupe (The voyage of Kupe -Koekoea, the long-tailed cuckoo)
17 Hakoakoa (The skua)
18 Te pakanga o nga manu(The battle between the land and sea birds)
19 Te pakanga o nga manu (Part 2)
20 Te pakanga o nga manu (Part 3)
21 Roimata toroa (Tears of the albatross)
22 Titi (The sooty shearwater, also known as the mutton bird)
23 Te hoki nga ("The return" - Toroa, the wandering albatross)