After a tour of New Zealand, he wrote "Now Is the Hour", the tune of which is adapted in "Haere Ra" known as the Māori farewell song, which was "mistakenly thought (to be) an old Maori folksong".
After a tour of New Zealand, he wrote the tune to the "Swiss Cradle Song", later used in "Now Is the Hour". The tune was adapted for "Haere Ra", known as the Māori farewell song, which white New Zealanders "mistakenly thought (to be) an old Maori folksong".