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Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori

HE TANGI HOU, NA TE HEUHEU.*

HE TANGI HOU, NA TE HEUHEU.*

Tenei, ka noho, ki te take o te Kara;
Whakatau rawa iho, taku noho ki raro ra;
Whakamau te titiro, te ao, ka riaki,
Na runga ana mai, te hiwi ki Takapuna,
I raro ra Kawana, e aroha nei i au, e
Toro mai to ringa, kia hari-ruia,
Ka tika-mauru, te aroha i au, e.

* A song by the present Te Heuhen of Taupo, 1850, on the occasion of the British flag being sent to him as a present by the Governor.