chant performed as a contrasting bridge, then finished with the Haere mai verse again. Rikihana says in his book Waiata Maori that the precise meaning of the Tahi mihi chant unknown, but that one informant told him it could be a "waiata whaiwhaia," a chant used to cast a spell which keeps enemies away. Rikihana draws attention to the song P? Mai written in Hawkes Bay to encourage young men to enlist in the Army in World War 2, which includes the first four lines of the same chant. Freedman's song was designed to welcome tourists, with a "doodly-doo, doodly-doo," echo-the-leader style of tune which was popular in the 1950s, (Ha E Re Mai - "Ha Airy My," Ev'rything is ka pai - "Ev'rything is k'pie" ) and with a few phrases of Maori well-known to Pakeha of the time, haere mai, ka pai (good), pai kare ("by golly"). Published in 1952, it was probably written to welcome Queen Elizabeth II who had just been crowned, and who was scheduled to do a Royal Tour of New Zealand in 1953 ("Throughout the land, we want to shake your hand").