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HE TUA PANA, MO NGA TAMARIKI TANE.

Tena te pukepuke ka tu,
Ka tu ki uta,
Ka tu ki te wai;
Ka tu i te ahunga mai i Hawaiki,
Ka tu i te apongo mai i Hawaiki,
I te whakatohuatanga mai i Hawaiki,
Tena pukepuke ka tu,
Puke ka ranga,
Ka tu i te ata,
I te ata o tenei turakanga,
I te ata o tenei whakarukunga,
I te ata o Tu,
I te ata o Tama,
I te ata o Tutawake,
Aai!
Tena tokotoko ka tu,
Ka tu ki uta,
ka tu ki tai,
Ka tu ki te hohonu,
Ka tu ki te parenga,
Ka tu ki te muri wai,
Ooi!
Kei te muri wai o Hawaiki,
Whakahopu takahia ki tai,
Rukuruku,
Eaea,
Rukuruku,
Eaea,
Ooi,
Te Mokoputangaroameha,
Takiritia ra te tapu o Ruanuku,
He tapu ka kawea ki te wai,
Ka turakina, ka whakawaituhitia,
Ooi,

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Takiritia, takiritia ra te tapu o te tama nei,
He tapu kawea ki te wai,
Ka huhua ka whakanoatia,
Ooi,
Ka whakahekea,
Ka whakamamatia,
Ooi,
Takiritia i reira,
Toro i reira toro he,
Tona kinaki, tona kinaki,
Kia tu ko Tane i te ata o Tu,
I te ata o Tama,
Te marama i te ata taweke,
Te marama pokai tu,
Whanau au te marama,
Ko Tawake, ko Tama,
Whanau au e te marama pokai tu,
Katahi, ka rua, ka toru, ka wha,
Pokai tu au e te marama,
Pokai e, pokai e,
Ka rima, ka ono, ka waru,
Tu au e te marama,
Pokai e, pokai e,
Kei te torutoru, kei te pekepeke,
Te karere na tama i tiki,
Ki runga te Rangihoaia,
E te rupe, rupe iho, rupe ake,
Kei tai heke iho, heke ake,
E Run e nau mai ki roto te whare,
Ki tokotoko e Rupe,
Nau mai ki te moenga,
Ki to patu, ki to taoroa,
Ki to Honikura,
E Rupe,
Nau mai e Rupe ki Maunganui,
Ki Maungaroa,

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Ki Maungakariretoro,
Tenei to ara e Rupe,
Ko Mimira-i-te-rangi e Rupe,
Raranga, raranga ra taku taka pau,
Ka pukea,
Hei moenga mo maua ko aku rei tokorua,
Kotahi ka pukea, e te wai ka pukea to,
Ka pukea to he,
Ko Toto, ko Tama ko Manumea,
Ka pukea, ka pukea au e te wai,
Ka pukea ko Tu, ko Tawake,
Ka pukea ka pukea au e te wai,
Ka pukea, ko Tawake, ko Toi, ko Rauru,
Ka pukea, ka pukea,
Puke toro, puke toro he.