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HE TANGI NA TUPAEA MO TONA TEINA MO KOROHIKO.

Tera te whetu, kapokapo ana mai,
Ko Meremere ano, taku e hiko atu;
Tauhokai ana, Kopu, i te ata,
Ko taku teina tonu, tenei, ka hoki mai.

Taku tira kahurangi, ka makere i a au;
Naku i tuku atu, i te hina pouri,
Nga titahatanga, i waho te Tahua, e whano ana ra ki te
kawea riri,
Kia tu mai koe, i mua i te upoko, i te whana tuku-turi, i
te nui a 'Ti Tahu;
Kia puhia koe, te ahi a te Tupua;
Kia whakamuraia, te paura, o tawhiti,
Kia whakatauki, aue he mamae, he mamae ra.

Haehaea koe, ki te mira o tawhiti,
Kia rewa to hinu, ki roto o Kaituna;
Iri mai, e Pa, i runga i te ata-mira,
Kupa mai, e te hoa, kia rongo atu au i te takiritanga o te
ata na;

Me whakahoki koe, nga Matatahuna, i waho Tauranga,
Ma o potiki, koe hurihuri iho, ki te papa o te waka;
Ki titiro au, to kiri rauiti;
To mata i haea, ko te toroa a tai;
He toroa tataki, no runga i Karewa, na.