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| Also known as | Pepe & her Rarotongans |
|---|---|
| Origin | Cook Islands or New Zealand |
| Genres | Polynesian music |
| Years active | 1950s to 1960s |
| Labels | Viking Records, Salem |
| Associated acts | Sonny Terei |
| Past members | Pepe Sonny Terei Nat Mara Charles Carlson Mark Anton |
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Pepe and the Rarotongans were a popular Cook Island music group fronted by a female singer, Pepe. They were active in the 1950s and 1960s. As recording artists, they had albums released on the Viking and Salem labels.
Background[edit]
Notes.Tuki means to beat or strike. It's also used in a paddling song to give timing to the paddlers. Teni means to exalt someone. According to Cook Islands Languages entry on 'tukituki teniteni', it's a phrase. Pepe and the Rarotongans were a popular Cook Island music group fronted by a female singer, Pepe. They were active in the 1950s and 1960s. As recording artists, they had albums released on the Viking and Salem labels.
The main force of the group was Pepe, formerly known as Pepe Taimata Pekamu Maoate, and Sonny Terei, also known as Sonny Tutai O Poko Maru Tamariki Nootu Teatuairo Terei. Sonny was born on 27 August 1933 in Ngatangiia, Rarotonga. He left the Cook Islands for New Zealand in 1947, to train as an electrical linesman. Pepe and Sonny were married on 29 May 1955.[1]
As an act, Sonny did the arrangements for their music. Pepe became known for being the first Cook Islands singer to be recorded by Viking Records.[2]Along with Will Crummer, they achieved a level of fame and had a short succession of hits from the late 1950s to the 1960s.[3][4] As mentioned in Glenda Tuaine's Celebrate Cook Islands Tarekareka! article in Escape Magazine, like Crummer, Jon Jonassen and Jake Numanga, they are considered pioneers.[5] Sonny has also been an influence on Cook Islands musicians such as Mann Short and John Lindsay.[6]
Guitarist for the group, Nat Mara, was a recording artist in his own right. In addition to his album Peeping At Papeete and EPs La Tahitienne and A Taste Of Tahiti which were released on Viking,[7][8] he had an album Welcome to Tahiti which was released on the Olympic label.[9]
Career[edit]
The beginning of the Viking connection can be possibly traced to an event in the late 1950s. Sonny, a musician, was to back a female singer in an Auckland recording studio. The singer never turned up and the producer asked Sonny's wife Pepe if she could take part in the session.[10]
By 1964, they had at least two albums issued on Viking, they were Rarotonga Calling and Passion Flower, details of which appeared in the Pacific Islands Monthly magazine.[11] The line up at the time of their Rarotonga Calling release consisted of Pepe, Sonny Terei, Nat Mara, Charles Carlson and Mark Anton.[12] In 1965, their EP Songs Of The Cook Islands was released on the Salem label. All compositions were by Sonny Terei. The four songs were 'Te Marama Te Au Etu', 'Momotu Te Inangaro', 'Tatara Apa', and 'E Oa'.[13]In 1968, their album Memories of Rarotonga was released on Salem. The album of Rarotongan songs featured a painting by Kase Jackson, a well-known artist.[14] In 1973, Siren Songs Of The South Seas, credited to Pepe & Her Rarotongans, was released on the Olympic Records label.[15]
In 1977, the Rarotongan Hotel had just opened and Sonny and Pepe were invited by Cook Islands Premier, Albert Henry, to return there to provide entertainment for the hotel.
Later years[edit]
In the early 1980s, Sonny was teaching music and assisting the choir at the Titikaveka Cook Islands Christian Church, after having approached by the Rev Teariki Vaerua. Quite likely, as a result of his input, for four years in a row the church won the Celebrations choir competition. In 1984, on a fundraising trip, and under the leadership of Bishop Pere (then known as Rev Tutai), Sonny and Pepe toured New Zealand with the Titikaveka CICC choir. Sonny remained a dedicated Christian for the rest of his life.[16]
Sonny died on 25 November 2009. Pepe died at 6.40pm on Sunday, 8 June 2014 at age 81.[17]
In 2011, one of Pepe, and Sonny's compositions, 'Tama Ine' appeared on Will Crummer's Shoebox Love Songs compilation, released on the Ode label.[18]
Members[edit]
- Mark Anton ... steel guitar or keyboards?
- Charles Carlson ... guitar
- Nat Mara ... guitar
- Pepe Taimata Pekamu Maoate ... vocal
- Sonny Terei ... guitar[19]
Discography[edit]
| Title | Release info | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do you understand? | Viking VE 110 | C 1962 | |
| Cook Islands Song Festival | Viking VE 113 | C 1962 | |
| Songs Of The Cook Islands | Salem XE 3015 | 1965 | [20] |
| Title | Release info | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rarotonga Calling | Viking VP 81 | 1962 | [21] |
| Passion Flower | Viking VP 89 | 1962 | [22] |
| Meet me in Rarotonga | Viking VP 118 | [23][24] | |
| Memories of Rarotonga | Salem XP 5020 | 1968 | [25] |
| Cook Islands Pacific Paradise | Salem XPS 5056 | 1969 | [26] |
| South Seas Idyll Music of the Tropical Isles | Viking VP 329 | 1970 | [27][28] Note The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television has this as Siren Songs Of The South Seas Music of the Tropical Isles Pepe & her Rarotongans[29] |
| Siren Songs Of The South Seas | Olympic OL-6153 | 1979 | [30] |
| Eddie Lund Presents .... Pepe and the Rarotongans | Tahiti Records | EL 1014 | [31] |
| Siren Songs of the South Seas, Music of the Tropical Isles | Everest 6153 | [32] |
| Title | Release info | Year | Songs by artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island Songs of Farewell | Salem | 1965 | [33] | |
| Ports of Paradise | Salem XPS 5023 | 1966 | 'Tatara apa', ' Te marama te au etu' | [34][35] |
| Cook Islands Pacific Paradise | Salem | 1969 | [36] | |
| Call of the Pacific | Salem | 1969 | 'Manuiri', 'Nga pu ariki' | [37] |
| Action Rarotonga! Will Crummer and The Royal Rarotongans, Pepe and The Rarotongans | Viking VP 251 | 1967 | [38][39] | [40][41] |
| Music Of The South Seas! A Visit To Tahiti, New Zealand, Rarotonga | World Record Club 889 | 'E Tiare', 'Easy Mama' 'Kua Akaruke' | [42] |
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References[edit]
- ^Cook Islands News, Saturday, December 12, 2009 Entertainment, peu Tamataora, Sonny's musical life remembered MM
- ^Cook islands Herald, 25 June 2014 Pepe-a gift from God By Charles Pitt
- ^Jane's Oceania COOK ISLANDS MUSIC, Recording artists
- ^Cook Islands culture, University of the South Pacific. Institute of Pacific Studies Page 36
- ^Escape Magazine of the Cook Islands, Issue 21 raro rhythm, Celebrate Cook Islands Tarekareka!, story: Glenda Tuaine
- ^Cook Islands News, Saturday, December 12, 2009 Entertainment, peu Tamataora, Sonny's musical life remembered MM
- ^Discogs - Pepe And The Rarotongans – Rarotonga Calling
- ^Discogs - Nat Mara And His Tahitians Discography
- ^The New Records, Volumes 46-48 - Page 97
- ^Cook Islands News, Saturday, December 12, 2009 Entertainment, peu Tamataora, Sonny's musical life remembered MM
- ^Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM, Volume 35, Issues 1-6 Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM, Volume 35, Issues 1-6
- ^Discogs - Pepe And The Rarotongans – Rarotonga Calling
- ^Discogs Pepe And The Rarotongans – Songs Of The Cook Islands
- ^Te Ao Ho, The Maori Magazine, March–May 1968, Number 62 Page 61 SALEM RECORDS-New Releases, Pepe and the Rarotongans
- ^Discogs Pepe & Her Rarotongans* – Siren Songs Of The South Seas
- ^Cook Islands News, Saturday, December 12, 2009 Entertainment, peu Tamataora, Sonny's musical life remembered MM
- ^Cook islands Herald, 25 June 2014 Pepe-a gift from God By Charles Pitt
- ^SMART Libraries BRN: 576183, Main Title: Shoebox love songs [sound recording] / Will Crummer
- ^Discogs - Pepe And The Rarotongans – Rarotonga Calling
- ^Discogs Pepe And The Rarotongans – Songs Of The Cook Islands
- ^WorldCat Rarotonga calling
- ^Popsike LP - Pepe & The Rarotongans - Passion Flower - Cook Islands - Viking
- ^Pinterest Explore Zealand Viking, Pacific Vinyl and more!
- ^WorldCat Meet me in Rarotonga
- ^Te Ao Ho, The Maori Magazine, March–May 1968, Number 62 Page 61 SALEM RECORDS-New Releases, Pepe and the Rarotongans
- ^WorldCat Cook Islands Pacific Paradise
- ^MP3PLUX South Seas Idyll Pepe and the Rarotongans
- ^MP3PLUX Large view
- ^The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Catalogue → 51851 LP-NTK Siren Songs of the South Seas
- ^Discogs Pepe & Her Rarotongans* – Siren Songs Of The South Seas
- ^Hipwax Tahitian & Cook Islands Music, Tahitian LPs
- ^Hipwax Tahitian & Cook Islands Music, Tahitian LPs
- ^National Library of New Zealand Island songs of farewell (sound recording)
- ^National Library of New Zealand Ports of Paradise (sound recording)
- ^Discogs Various – Ports Of Paradise
- ^National Library of New Zealand Cook Islands Pacific Paradise (sound recording) / featuring Reres Traditional Entertainers
- ^National Library of New Zealand Call of the Pacific (sound recording) : a musical panorama / Various artists
- ^National Library of New Zealand Action Rarotonga! (sound recording) / Will Crummer and The Royal Rarotongans ; Pepe and The Rarotongans
- ^The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Catalogue → 51825 Action Rarotonga!
- ^National Library of New Zealand Action Rarotonga! (sound recording) / Will Crummer and The Royal Rarotongans ; Pepe and The Rarotongans
- ^The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Catalogue → 51825 Action Rarotonga!
- ^Discogs Various – Music Of The South Seas! - A Visit To Tahiti, New Zealand , Rarotonga
| English: God is Truth | |
|---|---|
| National anthem of Cook Islands | |
| Lyrics | Pa Tepaeru Terito Ariki, Lady Davis |
| Music | Sir Tom Davis |
| Adopted | 1982 |
| Audio sample | |
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'Te Atua mou ē' ('God is Truth') is the national anthem of the Cook Islands. It was adopted in 1982, replacing the previous New Zealand anthem 'God Defend New Zealand'.
The music is by Sir Tom Davis, then Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. The lyrics are by his wife, Pa Tepaeru Terito Ariki, Lady Davis.
Lyrics[edit]
Te Atua mou ē
Ko koe rāi te pū
O te pā 'enua ē
'Akarongo mai
I tō mātou nei reo
Tē kāpiki atu nei
Pāruru mai
I a mātou nei
'Omai te korona mou
Kia ngāteitei
Kia vai rāi te aro'a
O te pā 'enua ē.
To God Almighty
Ruler of the isles of the sea
Hearken our call
Protect us
Crown us with liberty
May peace and love reign supreme
throughout the land.[1]
God of truth,
you are the ruler
of our country.
Please listen
to our voices
as we call to you,
protect and guide us
and give us your crown of truth
so we can be successful
and so that love and peace will rule forever
over our beloved country.
References[edit]
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- ^National anthem, Government of the Cook Islands
External links[edit]
- 'Te Atua mou ē' on YouTube (female voice and guitar)
- 'Te Atua mou ē' on YouTube (3-part a cappella, first 2½ lines missing)