Ahi Kā, by Alien Weaponry

Ahi Kā

by Alien Weaponry

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Tracklist:

A: Ahi Kā
B: Blinded

Ahi Ka:
“In 1952, in preparation for a Royal visit by Her Majesty the Queen, the Auckland City Council, in a misguided attempt to beautify the city, evicted the local Ngāti Whātua people from their village at Ōkahu Bay and burned it to the ground.”

Blinded:
“Relationships are difficult to understand at the best of times but when you are 16 and on tour all over the world these things are bound to get confusing and hard to reconcile. Blinded is about a very personal trip down this rabbit hole”

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	1.	Ahi Kā 03:46	lyrics	buy track
	Song lyrics [A recording of a Ngāti Whātua traditional proverb opens the song, accompanied by the kōauau (a traditional bone flute), which is played by Lewis.] Whakatau Pōtiki Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi Nga uri o Te Kawau Rongomai Te Ariki Tū ana mātou Ki runga Takaparawhā Tahu toku kāinga Tahu toku kāinga Toku ahi kā [A recording of a 1953 Christmas address by Her Majesty the Queen, given from Auckland, New Zealand] Tāmaki manuhiri Te kuini o Engarani Whakamā kāwana Tāhae Whenua Ka tangi nga Kuia Ka noho Kaumātua Tahu toku kāinga Tahu toku kāinga Toku ahi kā E maha nga pirihimana E whakawhiti ana ki Takaparawha Tū kaha Tū kaha Pūkana i mua o te kanohi o te kāwanatanga Ahi kā Ahi kā Ahi kā Ahi kā Toku ahi kā Toku ahi kā Toku ahi kā Tahu toku kāinga Toku ahi kā SONG LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION [A recording of a Ngāti Whātua traditional proverb opens the song, accompanied by the kōauau (a traditional bone flute), which is played by Lewis.] Whakatau Pōtiki [the chief Whakatau Pōtiki (father of Rongomai)] Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi [Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi (the ancestral canoe)] Nga uri o Te Kawau [the descendants of Te Kawau (the Ngāti Whātua chief who gifted much of the land for Auckland City)] Rongomai Te Ariki [Rongomai, the high chief (captain of the canoe Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi)] Tū ana mātou [We stand] Ki runga Takaparawhā [Upon the headland of Takaparawhā] Tahu toku kāinga [My village burns] Tahu toku kāinga [My village burns] Toku ahi kā [My home] [A recording of a 1953 Christmas address by Her Majesty the Queen, given from Auckland, New Zealand] Tāmaki manuhiri [Visitors to Auckland] Te kuini o Engarani [The Queen of England] Whakamā kāwana [The shameful governor (the city council)] Tāhae Whenua [Steals our land] Ka tangi nga Kuia [Our old women cry] Ka noho Kaumātua [Our elders are seated/stay put (in protest)] Tahu toku kāinga [My village burns] Tahu toku kāinga [My village burns] Toku ahi kā [My home] E maha nga pirihimana [Many police officers] E whakawhiti ana ki Takaparawha [Converge on Takaparawhā (Bastion Point)] Tū kaha [Stand strong] Tū kaha [Stand strong] Pūkana i mua o te kanohi o te kāwanatanga [Defiant before the face of the government] Ahi kā [Home] Ahi kā [Home] Ahi kā [Home] Ahi kā [Home] Toku ahi kā [My home] Toku ahi kā [My home] Toku ahi kā [My home] Tahu toku kāinga [My village burns] Toku ahi kā [My home]

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The song Ahi Kā is about a set of events that relate to Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei (the tribe living in Auckland when Europeans settled the area). Although a very recent chapter in New Zealand history, the story is part of the unspoken history of New Zealand and is not widely known.

Around the time the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840, the Ngāti Whātua chief Te Kawau sold 3,000 acres of land to Governor Hobson, on the expectation that Auckland would become the seat of the colonial government. When parliament was moved to Wellington a few years later, he refused to sell any more land, but land acquisition continued through confiscation and similar legislation.
The land overlooking and including the site of the village – called Takaparawhā or Bastion Point – was annexed by the colonial government in 1886 as a defence post; but in 1941, when the Crown decided it was no longer needed for that purpose, instead of returning it to its owners, it was ‘gifted’ to Auckland City Council as a reserve.

In 1953 it was announced that the Queen of England (Elizabeth II) was coming to New Zealand. This was the first time a reigning monarch had visited our shores; and the country was sent into a patriotic frenzy.
The Auckland City Council embarked upon a ‘beautification’ program in preparation for the royal visit. Unfortunately for the local Māori people of Auckland (Ngāti Whātua), they decided that the native village of the Ngāti Whātua at Okahu Bay, was ‘unsightly’; and it should be burned to the ground so the Queen would not need to look upon it as her motorcade travelled around the waterfront.

As a result of the Auckland council’s decision, a work party was dispatched and Ngāti Whātua were evicted from their homes and forced to stand by as they watched their village burn. The dispossessed families were moved into State housing nearby, where they were required to pay rent. This crippled the once thriving community, forcing the younger generations into a life of poverty and servitude and making it difficult for many to care for and support their elders and community leaders that had been possible when they lived on their own lands.

In the years since 1941, Ngāti Whātua leaders applied constantly via formal channels to have their land at Takaparawhā returned to them. In 1976, when the government of the day announced they planned to sell the land to property developers for high income housing, hundreds of members of the tribe occupied the land. They lived in very difficult, makeshift conditions for nearly two years; and were eventually forcibly removed by police and army personnel in a very public action that was widely televised in NZ media. Over 200 ‘protesters’ were arrested.

In the 1980s, Ngāti Whātua eventually had a small portion of their land returned to them with an apology and some compensation, but the occupation and the use of force to end it played a major part in highlighting injustices against Māori, and the events surrounding it became a catalyst in the birth of Maori sovereignty and land rights protests in New Zealand.

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Alien Weaponry New Zealand

ALIEN WEAPONRY is a three piece metal band whose style has been
influenced by old school thrash and hardcore
Members are:
Lewis de Jong - Guitar/Vocals
Henry de Jong - Drums
Tūranga Morgan-Edmonds - Bass
AW was formed in 2010 by brothers Henry and Lewis de Jong, who
have been listening to bands like Metallica, Anthrax and Pantera since
birth. ... more

discography

Tangaroa

Sep 2021
Blinded

Jul 2019
Ahi Kā

May 2019
Tū

Jun 2018
Rū Ana Te Whenua

Jul 2017
Raupatu

Jan 2017
PC Bro

Feb 2017
Urutaa

Nov 2016
Hypocrite

May 2016

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