Hinātore

by HINA

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Michael Orton Love this track, ever since I heard on RNZ Music101. Sad that it is over too soon! Perhaps HINA could be persuaded into an extended version?

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'Hinātore' recounts Tāne’s quest to bring light to a world shrouded in darkness following the separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku. Tāne requested the the help of his siblings Wainui and Tangotango, asking for their children - the sun, the moon, stars, and other celestial lights - to be taken from their home, Hui-te-rangiora, to adorn the chest of Ranginui, shining down on Papatūānuku and illuminating our world as we know it. This story highlights the beauty and complexity of Māori cosmology and its significance in the wider Polynesian mythos.

Hinātore has a few different meanings - phosphorus light, a glimpse or glimmer of light, the tinge of different glowing colours on the horizon or at night over top of the hills. 'Kua hinātore' can also mean 'I understand' - like when you have a penny drop moment or an epiphany.

Parikoikoi is the fifth child of Wainui and Tangotango - a deity connected to gloomy light. She is not as bright as her other siblings, the light you see when your eyes adjust to the darkness, personified in a number of fern.

Hinerauāmoa is the last child of the six children from Wainui and Tangotango. She is the petite star. From the union between her and Tāne came Hine-te-iwaiwa - the deity of the arts pursued by women, the connection between spiritual and physical realms, and associated with traditional activities like weaving and food cultivation.

lyrics

VERSE 1

i ō Rangi rāua ko Papa wehenga
Ka noho tonu ngā Atua i te pō uriuri
i te pō tangotango
Me te aha
Piki rangitia ai e Tāne
Ngā rangi tūhāhā
Ki reira tutaki atu rā
ki ōna eweewe
ki a Wainui
ki a Tangotango
ki Ngā mātua o te whānau mārama

CHORUS

Hinātore mai
Te māramatanga
Ko Parikoikoi rā

Hinātore mai
te māramatanga
Ko Hinerauāmoa

Ngā whetū takiaho
Taukapokapo i te pō
Hinātore mai

VERSE 2

Whitikia
E Tamanui te rā
Tīramarama
Ko Hina i runga

Whakairotia
Hui-te-rangiora
Hei whakarākeitanga
Mā te poho o Ranginui
Tiaho iho
Ki a papa
E hora ana

CHORUS

Hinātore mai
Te māramatanga
Ko Parikoikoi rā

Hinātore mai
te māramatanga
Ko Hinerauāmoa

Ngā whetū takiaho
Taukapokapo i te pō
Hinātore mai

credits

released September 20, 2024
Written by Amy Boroevich, Dan Martin, Hana Mereraiha, and Reti Hedley
Co-produced by Dan Martin and Amy Boroevich
Mixed by Navakatoa Tekela-Pule
Mastered by Chris Chetland (KOG Studios)

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HINA Auckland, New Zealand

HINA is the creative mantle of Tāmaki Makaurau-based songwriter Amy Boroevich (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Raukawa), whose name she shares with a goddess of the moon known across Polynesia. With a sound described by Remix Magazine as “genre-fluid”, HINA weaves threads of folk, rock, soul, and reo Māori into compositions that are as haunting as they are healing. ... more