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HE WAIATA, NA NGATI-KAHUNGUNU.

Whangai noa ake taku nei titiro,
Ki te wai e rere nei, he wai kaukautanga,
No taku mea ra whano rawa, ka nunumi,
Tukua kia haere, kia whakaakotia ki te kihi maitai.
Nohea ra e kitea.

Konakinaki ai te aroha i a au, ki taku potiki,
Me he mea nga haere whakaruhi a te tau e kai ana i roto ra,
Taku turanga ake i te kuwaha nei;
Whakaheke, roimata.
He aroha noa ake, ki te hau a uru,
I hara mai ra koe, i a Te Kani’ ra e nona te moenga, i okotahi,
Aue he, taku mea e-he-i !

E Mate ma nei,
Whakarongohia atu, nga torino tangi
Mai na Ruera, kei Motukokako,
Numia ki roto ra,
E hika e i a,
Hoki mai ra ki a au, ki te u kai po,
O Tamakuhukuhu,
O Rongo-tangata-ke,
Ko au hei muri nei, i !