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HE WAIATA.

Kaore te po nei, te hari wairua mai,
Ho ake ki te ao, i tawhito riro koe;
He mahi atua ra, i rangona mai e koe ?
Nau mai hoki ra, kia kite koiwi, kei rongo korero koe;
Te papa i akina, e kapiti tonu nei,
Kei te wa ki whea, te ako ai ki te mahi ?
Ka eke ano e, te puke ki Ruahine,
E wha mamao ana, te hiwi ki Maketu ra,
Ki a Te Hikaiti ra; me tuku koe, ki to wahine;
E roto koa ra, e awhitu noa ra,
Ki te tau i rangia; naku koe i moe iho.