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HE WAIATA, NA TE RAWHITI.

Tera Whanui, hikitia
I te pae,
Rukuruku ana mai, te
Tara ki,
Whitianga,
Pounga waihoe mai na,
Te Waka-tatare,
Hinga rawa te patunga, ko
Haruatai
Ka pau te miri rawa
O Tutamure i raro,
Tino kite rawa au te,
Pae o Tuanaia i.

Na te aha i tukituki, te u,
Poko no Turiri,
Ki te kapuanga te akerautangi, e
Mairematatu,
Te tama a Rurutangiakau, e,
E tu ki te wao.

I pati ai, tupu ki
Awatarariki ra,
Ka ruaki i te waha, te
Kai a te kawau, i

Rawe ai Apanui, ki
Te tira marama
I tau kati e-i,
Mau ai,
Te umanga;

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Tera Kiritapu, te
Kinitia mai ra,
E te tira manuhiri, e
E rua te rakutanga, i,
’Ka rongo e, te Whiu te,
Haruru,
O te tai,
Kei waho kei motu, e,
Tangi haere ana,
Ki te awa kahawai na,
A Hine-Kaitangi.

Tu tonu Puhirake, ko
Te moa,
Kai hau,
He whakareinga rimu, ki
O-Pou, ra ia.