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Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori

HE WAIATA KAIORAORA NA HINE WHE.*

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HE WAIATA KAIORAORA NA HINE WHE.*

Takoto rawa iho ki te whare,
Turama tonu e te ngakau,
Ki te wahine, e tito mai ra,
Kaore koe i te mohio,
Rupeke te hoe waka,
To kai e Runanga,
Hara mai hoki koe ki konei,
Hei komekome ma te korokoro,
Ma wai e kai, o kiko tokoroa,
To kai na, ko te hokowhitu o Manukorihi;
Kaore koe i te koa mai,
Taku wai whakatahe, ki Horokiri,
Rutunga patu kei te puke i Remutaka ra,
Mei kore ake, te kanohi rua;
Taupoki ana mai taku kumete i runga i te tumuaki o Tako,
To kai ra e Putaitua,
Te angaanga hina o Ngatata;
* * * * * *
* * * no Rikitaua;
Ko te ngarara * * * *
Ko te kai titiro i te huanui;
Rere mai Moturoa,
Ki roto i taku ipu, e tuwhera nei, e-i.

* When Te Rauparaha was arrested in 1840, a chieftainess of his tribe composed this poem, cursing the tribes of Ngamotu for having assisted the Europeans in the war. The anger of those tribes having been thus excited, a chieftainess of their tribe composed the following poem as an answer to their taunts.