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HE TANGI MO TE HIKO-O-TE-RANGI.

Tera te uira ! kokirikiri ana, te tara-ki a Kapiti;
Ko te tohu o te mate ra, E Tohi mata iti, haere ra korua,
He kuru tongarerewa, he rutunga puhi no Tainui, ka tere
ki te tonga.
Taka ana a Ouenuku, ru ana te whenua, e-i,
Rori noa nei, o iwi i te ao. Ko wai ki muri ? e-i.
Nau i matakahi, i te takapu nui o Papa, ka tiraha ki
runga, e-i.
Wawahia ra, i nga tatau o te rangi, kia eke ai koe, ki
runga ra, e-i.
Kia totika ai, ki te aroaro o te Atua, i whiua ai koe ki
te mate ra, i
I haehaea koe, ki te piharoa, kia rewa tou hinu, ki roto
o Poneke ra.
E hine a te hoa, tirohia iho ra te pera o Tutunui,
Ka ’tohu ki te whare ra, o tapu-whakaihi;
Naku i hoa iho, ko Whakaraka-te-whatu, e-i
A Kaiwhakawai, te wahine ’Atiawa, kauraka
E koaia, he whatinga toki nui na, e-e-i.