HE TANGI, TAMARIKI.

E hika e,
Kei whea ra koe e ngaro nei te ata hapara,
Huru manu, he tangata e,
Huru marire, he mahi ma taua,
Kei te hiahia, kei te koronga;
Kei a Tanematua,
E tu ana ia i te kauru ora e,
Tane-i-te-kaukau-nunui,
Tane-i-te-kaukau-ro-roroa,
Tane-i-te-tirohanga-mata-o-tangata e,
E noho’ana Tuanehu e Hopura e makau rangi ana,
Na Tangaroa-a-whatu, nana i pokapoka e,
Ka puta i tua,
Ka puta i waho,
Ka puta i tongawariwari,
E Tutekohakinuku,
Whaitiri i paoa Tangaroairangi,
E hika e-e, i-i.