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Takitimu

Karakia Whakamutu I Te Ua

Karakia Whakamutu I Te Ua.

If it were wished to cause the rain to cease falling, the priest, facing the storm uncovered, would chant the following:

"Tu kai te rangi tautahi,
Tu kai te rangi tuarua.
Tu kai te rangi i tukitukia,
Haere ana te po, haere ana te mao.
Oi whiwhia, oi rawea.
Hika atu ra taku ahi,
Ki te hau e riri mai nei.
E; Rotu mate, rotu aio he,
Haere te po ki uta,
Haere te po ki tai,
Haere te po ki waho.
He uenga nuku, he uenga rangi,
Ka mao ki uta, ka mao ki tai,
Ka mao ki te rangi e tu nei.
Ka puta ki te whai ao, ki te ao marama,
Korou mao, korou ora."