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HE PATERE.

Tauwhare i;
Na Rua,
I te here i tiki,
Na ra koi rere ai ki te whitu, ma te waru,
Ka pua te kowhai,
Ka ngawha te korari;
Taku whare tapu nei,
Ma wai re e ngaki he kai,
Ma Piriroriro,
Kaore i ara he kai ma raro,
Me apu noa ki te oneone,
Te oneone nui na Papa,
Na to aha;
Na to matato hunga;
I te putanga i o kauhou,
Ka mama,
Ka mama te kahui uta,
Ka mama te kahui tai,
Ka mama kahui kainga mea tapu i o Tukoro,
I tana kete pahau i ora ai Kahukurapania,
E, kei a wai ranei a Te Puhi, a Turi, a Hori, a Uewiri,
a Tamatea,
Nunui to kai e Rangihakunu,
Ko te niho o Tuai, Pekenui, Ngahue,
Ngaua i runga i to maunga, ha,
To maunga tikitiki,
Huinga mauri ora,
Ora koe i taku patu i te parekura taua i Okahu,
Tangongangonga, te papa i Huanako, huatakataka;
To mahunga e kai mai taku taureka i a Ururangi,
Ka taka i a Tamatea, Haunui,
Kitia e Tu-te-ngana-o-Hautahia,

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E Mata-tehia, Torona koe ko te manu,
Te tae Te Whaiti ki tana kai patupatu taki mano;
Ki roto, rere noa Ihuwareware ki te kai e,
Kaore i ara he kai kino i akona, ki te wai o Turuahine,
Koi tupu rawa, korekore rawa tenei rawa,
Ka tata mai,
Tena ra e Tuauru, muia, mua kia pau rawa,
Kia tae atu au ki Pukehokinga, ki Komakoriki,
Ki taku whenua roa,
Ka takoto i te marino no taua ki Whanganui,
Nawai te koriki, he urunga tapu ai te rokiroki,
Ma te ruahine i awhi turi, koikoia hatu,
Te ngutu komeme mai ki taku tinana nei,
Me ko hinga atu au,
Me ko hine Tapuahine-ra-uruhau, tena i,
Ko te kawa te hinga, torona te atua,
Whakaaraarahia, kia ara Kahukura,
Kia ara Tohimaraeroa,
Tohimanatuau, ko te wai te pupure,
Tohinga mauritanga o papa ma ki mua ki te ahu,
Ka tino kitea te turi ka wera i te ahi,
I te tunginga i to wai puha,
Puhue toheroa i raro i to kumu nana,
Ka tino kitea te tapa i raro,
Whakataurapa waka,
No runga te hori, tango mai to tini na,
Tango mai to mano na,
Parenga noho tata,
Takotoranga o te ngarara,
Te ngarara a tuatangata,
Kei roto i te whare,
Tana whare koiwi,
Koiwi ka hanea ki te po,
Kei a Kora;
Kei a Rangipuru,
Puru te waha,

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Toretore o te tapawaha,
Pa ki runga ki to urungatapu,
Pakoki;
Panehe;
Koiore te tata mai na konei,
Na ko ra, ko tuia rawatia,
Kei runga Tohiora,
To whakaware i a Manukaipua,
Ore kaore te turaki rawa,
Te waha mo nga iwi kopura,
Ka hane ai taku manea i Whangai i a Tongarangi,
Purutia te take o te Arawa,
Mania, paheke ki Waitotara, ki a Tamairangi,
Whaka kai te maro,
Kuia uru.