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NA TE KAHUKORE, TENEI WAIATA.

Nei, ka noho, i te taruru o Puanga,—
Taku kai rangi—nei,—A whea koe, ka titiro?
Haere, e te kai, haere waewae atu!
E pai, e Angi,—
I horo moana-tia;—
Whaiwhai rawa atu,
Me whai atu, me aha?
Tena te karanga,
E Whata, e,—Ka hoki au, kei Hawaiki.

He kete haere mai,—Na Karangatioho,
Na Papawhakaoho
Na te iwi tokerau,
Homai, ki a au,
Enei, tuohu kau—
He korenga, ko te mea,
Ka te whakawawe kau,
He taringa, i rongo ake.
Ki a Tuhei-mua,

Kawhakina, te korenga,
Kia whamamao atu,
E hara, te tata mai—
Kei hia, e aku pewa,
Kei akina, e te waha—
Ko nga umu i maha—
He kete huri ano,
I maka atu, ki waho—
Ka ngaro te kai,
E mimiti ta Tuwaewae.

Kotahi rapea,
I whakaaroa iho ai—
Ko te manuhiri puta—
Ka noho ki te marae—
Ka titiro kau atu,
Whakapaua te kanohi.