Waiata Whaka-manamana or Challenging Song

Te upoko o te ika, me waenganui e o te hiku o te ika e e.
Kia hurl te taringa ki te whakarongo e ki taku tipuna e,
kia Whaitiri e e takahi i runga ra e e.
E wha aku mana tuturu o te ao, ko Ihozua, ko Te Karaiti e,
ko Te Wairua Tapu, ko Rongomai-wahine e e.
E Tipi taku mana kia Houtaketake he paitini kararehe,
na Te Huauri e, na Mahakinui e e.
E tipi taku mana ki te Tairawhiti kia Ranginui e, e hara hoki koe
i te mana totika e, to whare karakia ko Te Mihaia, ko to minita e
ko Hoani Tekateka, kei roto, kei waho e e.
E tipi taku mana ki runga o tawhiti, kei tua a Porou ana mana
putuputu, aku tari pakupaku e, ko to minita e ko Piripi Awarau
kua tiporotia e te horopekapeka o Hine-nui-tepo e e.
E tipi taku mana kia Te Wheuki e kia Hikataurewa he kai-tiaki
koe, no taku whata kao i Toka-a-kuku rawa e e.
page 91 E tipi taku mana ki runga o Tauranga, kei Rotorua e kei Te
Awhenga ra, ko Ahukawa ra ia taku whaka-rauora e e.
Tawhai taku mana te puhi o taku waka, kia Netane e aku hoia e,
i te houkuratanga e, itenei rangi koe he kai-waha i te peene,
hei powhiri max i to kuini e i a Rongomai-wahine e e i.

Translation:
To the head of the fish (North Island), the middle and the tail thereof,
Harken unto my ancestress Whaitiri that tramped above.
I have four permanent mana (prestiges) in the world, namely,
Jehovah, Christ, the Holy Ghost and Rongomai-wahine.
My mana will strive with Houtaketake (witch doctor) who is the poisoner of the animals of Te Huauri (tribe) and the great Mahaki (Gisborne).
My mana will strive to the East Coast over Ranginui, whose mana is of no account, for his church house is Te Mihaia, while his minister,
Hoani Tekateka. is continually slipping in and out.
My mana will strive on top of Tawhiti beyond which live the Ngati-Porou
who have closely established manas, which are my minor offices.
Their minister, Piripi Te Awarau, has been chopped off by the sexual power of Hine-nui-tepo.
My mana will strive over Te Wheuki and Hikataurewa, for they were made
the guardians of my platform for drying food (slaughtered bodies).
My mana will strive over Tauranga, at Rotorua and Te Awhenga (battlefield) where Ahukawa was made my prisoner.
My mana will then stride on to the head-piece of my canoe
(Ngapuhi) to Netane and people, who in the gay old days
were my soldiers, but who are now the carriers of a band
in order to welcome their Queen Rongomai-wahine.