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Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori

HE KARAKIA, KO HIRAMAI TE INGOA

page 304

HE KARAKIA, KO HIRAMAI TE INGOA.

Hira mai ai, te whekite o te rangi,
Hira mai ai, te ngawha o te rangi,
Pera hoki ra, te kapua nui;
Te kapua roa,
Te kapua riakina,
Ko Hau,
Ko Tiki-tawhito-ariki,
Ko Te Kuku,
Ko Te Wawai,
Ko Te Kawitiwiti,
Ko Te Katoatoa,
Ko Tawhito-uru-ngangana,
Ki Hiwa,
Hiwanui,
Hiwaroa,
Hiwapukenga,
Hiwawananga,
Takataka, te kahuki o te rangi,
Koia a Pou,
To putanga,
Ki te whai ao,
Ki te ao marama,
Patua i te kawa,
Patua ki runga,
Patua ki a Papa,
Te rangi e,
Te tau ria e,
Tena te kawa ka whai,
Te kawa o Hiramai.
Ki Whangamata, te rakau,
Ki Puhangamata, te rakau,
Marere te tatahe o taku waha,
Ki runga ki a koe,
E tapu ranei koe,
E tapu ranei koe,
Maku e kai to upoko.

* This is one of the Karakias alluded to in the lament for Te Heuheu at page 28, as one of the powerful incantations which would have saved himself and his people from destruction if he had repeated it at the time when the mud volcano burst out, the eruption from which overwhelmed himself and about forty of his tribe. It was given to me at Taupo by the present Te Heuheu.