Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori
HE TANGI TENEI MO RUAMOANA.*
HE TANGI TENEI MO RUAMOANA.*
Taku tihi kouru nui, ka whati i te ata,
Ko te hau o te rangi,
Nana i tokotoko,
Tere ana Ruamano,
Ki te uru;
Ma to tuahine,
Mana e ho mai Poutini, e
Mau atu ai,
Te ata o Whakatupu,
Hei kowhatu tao;
Mo korua, ko te ipo.
Ka pau te a waiho
E koe i te whare, i
Te ruru taparenga,
I te ruru whakakaia,
Maku e mihi, noa,
Ki o korua titahatanga i
Waho te one pu,
I raro te Waipuna,
Ka timu ko te tai,
Ka tawhai koe, ki nga tahuna i waho ra,
Ki a mau ana mai,
Ko te Kurunui-o-mahutonga,
Ko te manu tena,
I nohoia ai, te au ki Katikati.
* Ruamoana was the ancestor of the chief Tupaea, now living at Tauranga. Ruamoana was the father of Maimaraeariki, who was the father of Te Utanga, who was the father of Te Waru, who was the father of Tupaea.