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HE WAIATA.

E rere e te ao,
Takawe i runga ra,
Au ki raro nei,
Huri ai ki te whare,
E te mumutu ra;
Ki te parera wai,
E tere i te moana,
Ko te ahua ia,
He oti nei nga kino,
I huia ki a au,
Kaore i whakarato, ki te rau e pae, na i,
Waiho rangi au,
Mana e mae noa,
I oku wairangi, ki te whakaeke noa,
He waka no te tangata,
Ka rukenga nuitia,
Ho atu te pahi,
Ki runga te taumata,
Te ai he kai ke ki te ngutu,
Ko au nei anake,
Me aha hoki mota,
I te kino i te tinana,
Penei e reia nga puke tu mai,
O Tarakeho i runga,
Kia marama au,
Te whakamau ki uta ra,
Koe motu rakau,
E tu ki te wao, ki Ohuri ra i a na i.