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HE WAIATA, MO TE MATENGA O TAUPO.

Noho ana Meremere,
Kaua i te tangata,
Nana te tohe,
Nana te maro,
Rere ke mai nei,
He parera noho noa,
A raumaroro,
E kore noho noa i te tarawa,
E ai te karena,
Pau te ki atu,
Whakataha ki tahaki,
He po taua, tena e hoki kei tua o Manuka,
I hakua hei aha,
Te uri o Te Tahiwi,
Hihitauariri, whakawareware, ngakau kino tama,
I te uri o Huia,
I a Rangitaiki,
I a Te Wiwini-o-Rongo patu whakawai,
Ka hua ko te ora tonu ake tenei,
Tena nga hau o Punawheko,
Hei whakariuamania paheke, haere atu i tou huarahi,
I te wai kowhitiwhiti a Paretuhiri,
Te Whiti-a-Pakaha,
I a Te Wharaunga,
Ki a pukanatia,
Ki a tanuku noa i Okiri,
Wareware ana hoki e ’Raha,
O ngakau e hao nei ki te riri,
Ki te tuku a po,
Na te awa Poreterete,
Te wareware ano, te whakatuaki ake,
Hei huanga te Atua kia ware noa iho,
I mohio tupuna, ki te whakatupapa,
page 228 Taka marire ki te hanga e whakamatakuria nei a te riri,
I moimoia ake te kuri,
Tukutahuatia,
Hei utu mo nga hanga a Te Riupawhara,
Mo Wahineiti,
Mo Pataua,
Mo Te Hauotaraki,
Mo Te Kohutu-a-Te-Rangimahue,
I runga o Whakatara,
I roto o Motutere,
I reira te ripanga,
Herehere kau ana te taura ki a koutou,
Kihai i haparapara,
Kia kai atu Tahuna,
Kia nui ai te hara e-i.