[i roto i te reo Pākehā]

Na Reira e Kehu.

He tohunga tino mohio koe i nga waahi o nga
takiwa o Te Tau Ihu me Te Tai Poutini,
He rangatira tino mohio koe i nga mahi
tuturu me te matauranga o o tipuna,

Haere e Kehu, haere, haere. Kia takototia koe
tonu i roto i te korowai o te rangimarie
o o matou whaea Papatuanuku.

Ahakoa kua haere atu koe ki te tini, ki te mano,
Ki te Hono-i-Wairua. Ki te Puutahi-Nui-a-Rehua;

Ahakoa kua ngaro koe ki te ngia o te maatoru
o te Poo tino roa;

Otira, e Kehu I hangaia i te tohu whakairo i roto
i te whare Doc i Rotoiti, hei whakamaharatanga
o o maahi nunui i te timatatanga o te
nohoanga hou i Whakatu.

[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]

Kehu

You were an expert most learned in the
districts of Nelson and the West Coast,
You were a chief most learned in the
traditional work and knowledge of your
ancestors

Farewell, e Kehu, farewell. You are lying in
the bosom of our mother Papatuanuku

Although you have departed to the majority,.
To the resting-place of the Spirits.
To the pathways among the Stars:
Although you are lost to the very depths of
the longest night:

Nevertheless less, Kehu, we dedicate a carving
in the Doc building at Rotoiti as a
memorial to your great contribution to the
establishment of the new settlement of Nelson