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Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

E Tuatua Teia No Tetai Tangata Koia a Pakiri

E Tuatua Teia No Tetai Tangata Koia a Pakiri

Tera te tu i taua tuatua ra.

Kua aere taua tangata ra, ki roto i te tai, kua kite i tetai ika tera taua ika ra, i Totara, kia kite ra a Pakiri i te te Totara. Kua popani aia i te vaarua i taua ika ra, kua aki atura ki te ngutuare, Te akara maira tetai tangata koia a Karavai, tei runga i te Ara te akatau maira ia Pakiri i te popani anga i te vaarua Totara, no te mea kua akaruka, a Pakiri i te Totara kua aki aia kua tau i te umu, kua inaina i te ma ika, e kia ati, kua aki atura ki te tiki i te Totara kia ana atu ra, kua riro te Totara i te tangata. Tera taua tangata i keia ia ai ko Karavai, kua Tumatetonga ua taua tangata ra. No reira te aite anga taua tuatua ra, "Kua Totara,a Pakiri." no te mea kua riro te Totara ia Karavai. Tera katoa te tu o te tangata, ka riro te ora ki tetai ke, ka ngere aia i te ora. Mei ia Pakiri.