Title: Sir George Grey N.Z. Maori MS. 89

Author: Wiremu Marsh Te Rangikaheke

Editor: David Roy Simmons

Publication details: 1986, Auckland

Digital publication kindly authorised by: David Roy Simmons

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Sir George Grey N.Z. Maori MS. 89

He whakawai te ingoa o tenei karakia

He whakawai te ingoa o tenei karakia.

E noho ana
E kai tahi ana,
Ka titiro atu
Ki Rewha i te ihu
O Tutetawha,
E whakahoki ana.
Me he peke ngarara
Kati ki a koe.
Tukua mai ki ahau
Kia whaka ngaoa,
Ki te uhi a Uetonga

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Tariae tuku atu,
ki to wahine,
Takiri ko rito,
Komae, kowhara,
kaku koi whanako —
Tangata i te whakautu
Kia ata whakanakonako
Tangata i te whakautu kore;
Totoia kia tatahi:
Patua i te whaka tangitangi
E hiki
Tangaroa
E hiki
Tangaroa
E he.

Ka tahi
Tumai kawa,
Ka rua,
Tumai kawa.
Tikina e koe,
ki whiti te kore;
Kei reira te hara,
ka reira nga pu,
Kei reira te mana;

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Te herenga.
I te pu nei,
I te weu nei,
I te aka nei,
I te tamore.

Ka whana koe ki hea,
Torina tinaku
Whanoi te aha
E o riro tinaku
Whano i te tere o tane
Toriro tinaku.
Ai hara mai hea,
Te kawa ritoro Riinei
Hara mai puhipuhi manuka
Koi ai te tumutumu patanga
Urehe atua
Aha ko au.

Ko te Rongorere
ko te hara tutunga
(ko te tangata i haere mai i runga,
I haere mai ia o raro)
mai o runga
o raro
0 te tonga atu o te ra
I raro
I tona rua i raro e e i.
Ka whanake mo te haerenga ake a te ra
Ka whanake
Pirori e
Ka whanake i te ata
Pirori e
Ka taia
Ka taia
Pirori e
ka taia
Uetonga Tama Reneti
I te ata tapu nei
Pirori e
Purakau mai i uta ka tukia
E moe rangi
ka riro
ki te tai karekare
He uru
Here te po he
Waiho nga muhani(?)
Waihoki nga tamariki
Waiho nga poroaki
Waihoki nga wahine

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Ka haere tena
Te Kapua hokaia i runga Raukawa
ka whiuwhiu
Taku tangi
E tangi e whakawai ana
Kaore ko au
ko Rongo
ko Papa
He whakaurunga
Hoe hi toro he.