9 of 1001 Songs: Ana Hato and Deane Waretini's Pokarekare

This song sounds so different than anything I've heard so far. It's definitely not something I personally would listen to again, but it does have an appreciative quality to the tune. The vocals are well balanced and the instrumentals are beautiful. Outside of vinyl you might not even find a recording of this available anywhere else. The only online version I found was someone recording their vinyl playing the song and uploading it.

History: There isn't much about the particular performers of this song, Ana Hato and Deane Waretini. They have beautiful voices but seem to have not been as huge outside their land of New Zealand. Anyways, this song is a traditional song from the same island. It's a love song with varying accounts of how it originated. The song is rumored to have been written in 1914 during World War 1, and then in 1921 the song had the lyrics published.