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Upoko XIV
He Waiata Kanga Mo Hongi-Hika (Nga-Puhi)

Ko te waiata tenei a Tama-rehe mo Hongi-hika, he waiata whakatakariri mo te mea e patu haere nei a Hongi i te tangata, a te taea hoki te rapu te tahi utu, a he mea utu ki te waiata nei, koia nei te waiata:

Kowai au e Hongi e i
I riro mai a konei e i
Tera Ngatiwhatua e i
Te tangata nana i kai atu
Houwawe, Houmoka
I kai a te karoro na i
To upoko ra te Tupua i tawhiti
Nana rawa i homai
Ko te kaha ta rangi
Hei tua i te motu (mutu)
Kia hinga ki raro ra i

He kanga tenei ki te pakeha, ki te tangata i homai ai te pu me te paura, koia tenei "To upoko te Tupua" he Tupua te Pakeha, ko te tupua he ngarara no namata, he kowhatu he taniwha no raro no te whenua mo te orokohanganga o te ao, kahore ano i kitea noatia e te tangata, he pena te ahua o te pakeha ki te whakaaro a te tangata Maori i te wa e kuare ana. Ka mutu enei kupu.