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Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori

HE KARAKIA MO TE WHARE NUI WHAKAHARAHARA, MO TE WHARE HOU ME KA OTI TE HANGA

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HE KARAKIA MO TE WHARE NUI WHAKAHARAHARA, MO TE WHARE HOU ME KA OTI TE HANGA.

Kimi te kawa kimihia,
Kimi te tapu kimihia,
Kimi te kore kimihia,
Kimi ki uta te kawa,
Te kawa Tane,
Ki a Tu-maunga i uta,
Te kawa te kawa Tane,
Ki a Tu-parara i uta,
Te kawa te kawa Tane,
Kimi ki tai te kawa,
Te kawa Tane,
Ki a Ngaru-tarawa i tai,
Te kawa te kawa Tane,
Tenei ka kite, kite,
Kite kite,
Mautakatia te uho e o te whenua,
Te mana e o te whenua,
Karoro e ki te po,
Karoro e ki te ao,
Maire-ha[gap — reason: unclear]u e no Tu e taki mahuta,
Te rito hai,
Ka keri ra taku tapu he nui here,
Niu tona,
Angiangi matangi te niu here,
Niu here,
Niu toria,
Takina te kawa ko kawa nekea taku kawa nei,
Te whanatu ki te kimihanga o te rangi,
Ki nananga e o te rangi,
Rangi-nui,
Rangi-roa,
Rangi-kokouri,
Kapua-nuku,

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Kapua-rangi,
Ka tutu te hoata,
E tere i kuparu,
Tera waka,
Matihere koia kapetau iho,
Kapetau ake,
Kapetau rearea rearea,
Ki Whangawhanga-te-rangi a tihoi,
Tihoi,
A tihere tihere,
A ka whetoki whetoki te manu ki uta,
A ka whetoki te manu ki tai,
A ka wheti wheta amo ake,
Amo ake te toki nui a Tane,
He toki nui, he toki roa,
He kuru tawake,
He kuru pangopangoa,
Aitu, Aitu, ai,
Maitiiti, Marekareka te tupua,
I karokaroa te mata o Hawaiki,
Kei te pou tuaroa te maro,
E tau ai au,
E tau te maro tauria,
Kei te pou toko manawa,
Te maro e tau ai au,
E tau te maro tauria,
Kei te pou whakaotinga te maro tauria,
Ka tau tana maro e tauria,
Karuru, karuru au i aku rama ki te tai,
A Henga;
Pera hoki ra aku tungane tama,
Ko Pepemua,
Ko Peperoto,
Ko Pepetaha,
Ko Pepe-te-muimui,
Te Tira-toro-ngahuru,

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Te marama i whanake aku tama hai,
Mei hara mai mei tirotiro,
I hara pea i a Maramawhakahotu,
I a Marama-whakataha,
I a Marama-whakaahu-ake i-te-pae,
Ko reka ko taua karekare,
Te tai ki raro Tonganui,
Tureke iho,
Tureke torohai,
Tangi ake au e Rangi ki runga o Atu e Rangi e,
Tutarahia ai taua e Rangi e,
I maumauria ai taua e Rangi e,
Kore ko te mea ko te mapu na tere,
Ko te tangi hai,
Hikihiki to tapuae,
Rangaranga to tapuae,
Hi, ha,
E hara mai ana pea,
Hinemanini,
Hinemanana,
Kai ma te koura,
Kai ma te kokopu,
Kai ma te tapora,
Ti, ta, i taku wai haroharo.