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Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori

KO TE TANGI A TE HAWE

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KO TE TANGI A TE HAWE.

Tenei te taka i te whare,
Aitu, e-i !
Te titiro kau nei,
Ki waho ki nga rae,
Ra pea koe kei te pua o te tai,
Ra pea koe,
Kei runga te karetai moana e ra, i,
Runa mai ra,
Te ruru i a Rongo,
Utaina atu ra,
Ki te riu o Tane,
Ka tau te ara ki te moana e ra, i,
Tenei to awa,
Ko Tutakahia,
E Rongoteina,
To tau mauri ka eke,
He tina ki runga,
He tamore ki raro,
Tuturi,
Hokai,
Tangi haua atu ki te rangi kunawhea,
Tena te tapu no Tu ki waho,
Hurihurihia mai,
Te kiri o te ipo,
Taria e whakarere,
Ki raro ki te whenua,
He moenga matao,
Te moenga herea,
To uru whakaata ki te hihi o te ra,
Ko te ahua i a ei,
Tenei to maro,
Te Hau-o-Rongomai,

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Papatehuatara,
He whiu,
He Ta,
He Tiramate,
He Hauaitu,
He Haukaitangata,
Rire i,
Tukua atu koe,
Tukua atu koe ki runga Toetoetu,
Tukua atu koe ki runga te kaha a Tangaroa,
Ka hoki mai ki muri tenei to wai te wai o Whitirauwhea,
Tenei to whatu te pou o Whatitiri,
Tenei to wai te wai o Kaitoa,
Te hoki ki te ao,
Mauia koe ki te kai mokai,
Mauia koe ki te kai whainoa,
Mei taua mea, e-i,
Maku e ueue,
Te pou ki Kenakena,
Maku e whakatu,
Ki te hau Paraki,
Maku e Whakatu,
Ki te Whakaruaroa,
Hei ngaki i to mate e tama, i,
Ka kite mai te tini,
Ka kite mai te mano,
Ka kite nga iwi, e-i,
Me korero koe ki roto Whitirawhea,
Naku i kawe atu ki runga o Arapawa,
Pounga waihoe ki waho ki te moana,
Whakakia i te kihau, e-i,
Whakatere mairire ki roto Whekenui,
’A eke taua ki Rakatuwhenua,
Te tutuki o rongo ki runga o Rakiura, e-i.