HE TANGI MO MAKETU.
[He mea tango mai i roto i te Pukapuka Poroporoakitanga na te iwi Maori ki a Kawana Kerei.]
Na tona matua, na Ruhe. (Ko Maketu te tangata Maori tuatahi i whakamatea e te Ture ki Akarana.) Taku tamaiti E! E kore pea koe e wareware i au, Ka riro pea koe ki tawhiti, Mete pupu, mete awha, mete apiapi, e Naku koe i whangai, kite manga tawhiti Kite ngaruru e piri ite toka Kite utatanga a Ngangaehore. E tama pehi, E ! Ko Maketu koa, ko te tamaiti I tohia kite Tohirau. E noho e tama E ! I hui te rangiora, nga whare uru ora, Nana i homai te pi, te wai, te rapa tahuri Kauaka taku maim e whakahouhoua, He manu, he pi rere, no Wharawhara nui Kite haere mai nga mokopuna a Taingahue. Tenei o reti hei mihinga maku, Tenei o matau, maku e rururu kite putea Takoto uta. E hara koe e tama, I te ingoa tangata, Pehi, te-ringa-toro, Te Ngatata o-te-rangi, i matau ai koe E tama te tupua Whiro.
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Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 23, 17 November 1874, Page 292
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177HE TANGI MO MAKETU. Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 23, 17 November 1874, Page 292
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