Kei te ahu momo tetehi o Aotearoa i runga i tenei atu-uta Island tapu i roto i te Hauraki e tata Tāmaki Makaurau.

A chorus of Tui, Korimako {Kopara Te Ika a Maui}, Popokotea {Whiteheads}, Tieke {tīeke} a Hihi {kōtihe} waiata i roto i te konohete tonu hurihuri o tipua manu e taea te rongo ia ata i roto i te puna (i runga i te Tiriti Kotahi ki te wha o tenei pukaemi). oro ahurei Tiritiri Matangi Island o ko te kawenata ki katoa te hunga o Aotearoa e kua mahi na pakeke ki te whakahoki i te reo o te mua ki te whenua o Aotearoa i tenei ra.

kite Tiritiri Matangi Island te rite te tauira ao-ārahi mo te kararehe tiaki. Na roto i te mau tautooraa roa o te Tari o Papa Atawhai o Aotearoa, noho wā roa- (ko D.O.C. kaiārahi) Ray ko Barbara Walter me te mahi i whakatapua o te ope o pai “kaitautoko o Tiritiri Matangi”, Kua tupu te tau o te kōtore momo manu NZ ki te wāhi i reira rongo himene ata o te motu, ko te inaianei he wheako pāorooro maere taonga.

Ko reira pea te tata e taea tatou te whakatutuki i tenei ra ki te konohete o manu tūpono e huaota Hohepa Banks ka tae mai ia Aotearoa ki a Kāpene Hēmi Kuki i runga i te Endeavour i Hānuere 1770. He described being awoken by birds whose “i tino reo te mohoao reka tino waiata kua rongo ake ahau, tata pee pere iti, engari ki te nuinga o mana'ohia tangi hiriwa tuneable.” 250 years later the air on Tiritiri Matangi is filled each morning with beautiful melodies and strange, waea te mokemoke o i Korimako {Kopara Te Ika a Maui}, Tui, Kokako, me te tokomaha noa atu.

Track 5 eavesdrops i te mutunga o Morning manu i runga i Track Kawerau o te motu (ki Tui, kōtihe, Kokako, NZ Robin, Saddleback) ia Track 6 kite tangi recordist me kaiwhakatangitangi Clive Williamson tākaro autoharp ki te puipuitua olungá o te korimako me tīeke tuhia i runga i Tiritiri Matangi me te Tui i te moutere o Kapiti e tata Te Ūpoko o te Ika i roto i 1995. (tukua Tuatahi i “Aotearoa – Nature Sounds o Aotearoa Toronga Edition” e symbiosis, 2017)
(Tracks 1-5 Papa'ihia i Hakihea 2017)