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KO TE TANGI, A KAKORI.

Tera te uira kowhera i te taha rangi,
He tohu aitua no te nui matua ka whakahemo,
Hoe ana Kai-waka-rua ka mutu atu i Maru,
Ko wai te wahine tautauhea e kai mai taku matua,
E hira koe i a Te Piki, e tapore nei taku manawa,
Ho mai to waipunarewa, hei whakamakuku i aku ngutu,
E tu i waenga nui ra ko te ngoungou o Tutuope,
E kotamu i te heiawa he maunga puhi-puhi no Koheta,
E Mio i te uru kai tahi taua i te upoko,
O Turuturu ingoa kore me ko wai tana matua,
E pai ana e te iwi he o-tao, mai i Ngamotu,
Ko wai te whakakaitoa kati, ko koe mo te ao,
Ka pa ko Ruataranaki ko te tama a Mahirua,
He tini te mate i a hau ka whakamutu, e-i.