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HE KAHA WAKA.

Tenei hoki te kaha ka mau,
Te kaha matua uta,
Matua tai,
Taku kaha nei,
Ko Mauwhakawhiwhia,
Ko Mauwhakarawea,
Tere te hiku,
Tere te upoko,
Ki te hiakai no te wahine hoi,
Ka taka hehe te hihi o koura,
Te wai marinorino,
He ika,
Me tunu,
Me ota,
Whano waka Parowhenua,
Te ika ki uta,
Tuoi,
Tuota,
Te whakahokia ki uta,
Te whakahokia ki tai,
Te ora o te wahine,
Ka whakahokia ki uta,
Ka tuhaia,
Tu.