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Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori

He Tangi, mo Hori Kerei, na tona hoa. *

He Tangi, mo Hori Kerei, na tona hoa. *

Tirohia mai ra,
Nga huihui o Matariki,
O Puanga, Tautoru,
Ka ngaro a Atutahi,
Mana e whakarewa te ika wheturiki,
Ka rewa kei runga,
Puhia e te hau,
Ki runga o Mangere
Ka ngaro ia i te rehu tai,
Tena e te iwi,
Taku kura-tangi-whakaingoingo
Te whakaangi atu na,
Waiho kia haere,
He toroa awe nui e topa ana ia ki te muri,
Unuhia noatia,
Taku hou kotuku no runga rawa, no te pae tauarai
Ki a Ihu Karaiti
E hara i te tangata,
He kuru tonga rerewa, ka tahi ka unuhia
I roto i te whare o Kawana,
I tirohia ano, ka hiko te uira ki runga o Taupiri,
Ki tou tini ra, e moe mai ra nga mania kei Tangirau,
Ko te matamata i torona atu,
Mo koutou ko potiki e moe mai na e pa.

* This tangi has already been printed in its ancient form at p, 330. The allusions in the ancient form are, however, explained by this modern vorsion of it which Te Wherowhero chaunted when his brother George Grey died.