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Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori

HE WAIATA NA TE RANGINUI, MO TE KAKAHU KORE.*

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HE WAIATA NA TE RANGINUI, MO TE KAKAHU KORE.*

E kai e, te kutu,
E kai e, te tuiau,
E kai e, te tara pake, e tu ki Turamoe ra i a;
Tera te rongo o Paeroa, te hau i raro ra;
Ekore ranei a Te Mui, e whiwhi mai, i lona nei hana,
Hei whakatau ake ki te tangata nei, ki a Te Moko,
Nana i ki mai, 'He pakaru te ihupuni,
Hoki kau mai a Rangitapuarewa,
Te kai kawe taonga.
Me kawe te hana nei, ki Whakanau,
Ki te wai ra o le hinu oke,
Hei tamata iho, i taku kiri,
Tuku te whero, ki taku tinana i a.

* This song, excepting the first line, sung as a chorus.