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HE WAIATA.

E hara i a au te kohuru,
Te kai kino te ringa taupoki atu ki a koe,
E nohou tonu, e na te kamo ko’i kawe ke,
E na te mahara i hikaka;
Ki te whakahou i ana mahi,
Koua wehea i ana mata,
E nohou te wareware,
Ki te hokinga ake o to wairua,
Ki te aoturoa kia ata whakaaro,
Iho e koe ki raro ra ko te tama na Taweka,
E kai whakatanoinoi atu ana kei roto mea,
O hika i waho whanatu ki roto kauoro,
Hara mai ki waho manioro,
Me he mea rawa, ko Tu-te-mania, ko Tu-te-wheke,
Kei runga kei te rakau e tarahae ana,
He tangi tangata, he kohe tieke rere,
He pitoitoi ketuketu para-rau-rakau,
Nana rawa i tiki mai taku, pokai taniwhaniwha,
Ka kite te mea ora ka hokia iho ki muri ra,
Ki te marae iti ki te marae rahi,
Ki te pou whakapiri ki te whare kaponga,
I tohia koe ki te tohi o Tu-tawake,
Kia karo tama i tana rakau,
Kia hoahoa tama i tana rakau,
Me kowai te tangata i ngaro atu ki a koe,
I whea koia koe,
I te ateatanga,
Ka tiki mai ka uta,
Ki Tukutukuiwi,
Ki te kainga tuku inanga;
O to tupuna, o Pakaketaiari,
E kiia mai nei ki te nane, mitimiti oko,
Tenei ka hoatu to kupu pai nei,
He pito kite koia kia kite iho au i te tara o whaea o Pare-
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Hanga kino, hanga pango, hanga kawa, hanga mataotao,
Turi puputa, tohenga roa,
Taringa pohepohe, tuna paewai ki Awarua,
He whakahokinga atu,
Moku, mo taurekareka, he ware koia koe ki a Whakaue e
toa mai ra,
E tu ana ra Mania i waenga;
Te tangata korero pai ki Taupo,
No te mea i ara koe kei tawhiti,
Tenei to rakau whakaoho kanohi o to wahine i te ahiahi,
Werohia mai ki taku papa,
Tu ke a Kapiti,
Tu ke Mana,
Tau ke Arapawa,
Ko nga tohu tena a taku tupuna;
A Houmaitawhiti;
E tatari atu ana ki te tira puta mai nohea e koro,
Te raro hokinga mai,
Huri taitua noa,
Kua hinga noa ki te whare e te roimata ra,
Ka maringi taha rua;
Tera e huina,
Kei te rukuruku au ki te wai,
A hemo ake ai te aroha,
Numia tatatia ki te whare i to tupuna;
I Parerohu, ko te Rotokohu ra tena;
E kaha ana te hau whenua,
Whakaohooho atu i kona;
Kei raronga mai o Wahiawa,
To pikitanga, kei Tute-ehu,
To heketanga, kei te Arahanga,
Ma Ngati-Awa, e whakatangi;
Ki te rapa waihoe,
Tohu e tama ko te kore i to iwi mokai,
Ka pa rae ka ata kitea e te kanohi,
E tau ai ra tohara mai kia hau,

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I kawhakina ai ki waenga te tahora,
Kia kite mai te whetu,
Kia kite mai te marama,
Kei roto ka mangu mai,
Kei waho ka whero mai,
Whetero kakohi tioka kai o to kainga o te Puhara,
Kei whea?
Kei Otamakura,
Kei whea?
Kei nga piringa e rau o te wahine tonui ki taku nei mea,
I aue, i.
Taku tane e;
Taku ate kaimanawa,
Riro rawa,
Riro rawa i te wahine ra, te taonga rahurahu;
A toku ringa,
I waiho ai toku kiri kia pirau ana,
Pirapirau ana,
Tu ana,
Tu ana.
A Te Whatanni, i waenga,
O nga koihanga, e noho pouaru nei,
Ko Te Rauparaha;
Te turuturu Hawaiki, Hawaiki,
Kia whakangongorotia e,
Hei pikau i ahau;
Kei a Kapiti ra ia e,
Matua tititi, te rau o te huia e,
Te rau o Titapu.