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Takitimu

Karakia Whaka-Tangitangi I Nga Tipuna Taniwha Kia Mauri Ki Uta

Karakia Whaka-Tangitangi I Nga Tipuna Taniwha Kia Mauri Ki Uta.

A person overtaken by storm at sea and unable to control the elements would call upon his ancestor-demon to carry him ashore. He would prepare himself carefully by expelling all other thoughts, and standing upright in the canoe, with the bailer lifted on high, he would recite the following:

"Ko wai ra te hau e riri mai nei?
E; Ko te uru karaerae,
Haere i tua, haere i waho.
page 239 Ko wai ra te hau e riri mai nei?
Ko te aputahi-a-Kiwa,
Haere i tua, haere i waho.
Ko Tutara-kauika te atua,
Haere i tua, haere i waho.
Arai-te-uru e e, kawea ake au ki uta ra
Ruamano e e, kawea ake au ki uta ra.
Ki te whai ao ki te ao marama,
Korou ora,"