He Reo Poroporoaki mo KOROKI TE RATA MAHUTA TAWHIAO POTATAU TE WHEROWHERO Te Taurima o nga Kiingi o te Iwi Maori He mea tango mai i Te Paki o Matariki I moe i te moenga roa i te ata-po o te Wenerei, i te 18 o Mei, 1966. I nehua ki Taupiri Maunga i te 23 o nga ra. Ona tau e 60. Haere e te Ki tua o Paerau! Haere i runga i o Waka! Haere i runga i nga maunga korero a o tupuna e moe nei i te whenua! Kua rewa atu to waka na roto atu i to awa i Waikato; he wai pounga hoe mai no o matua! E huri to kanohi ki te Hauauru, ki Whaingaroa, ki Aotea, ki Kawhia: ka ahu mai, e te Ariki, to tira i te ara ma uta ki runga o Maungatautari, ki te hikonga uira i runga o Wharepuhunga, i Rangitoto — nga tohu ra ena a o tupuna. Takahia e koe te ara ki Rotorua nui a Kahu; kei kona nga wai ariki a o tupuna o runga i a Te Arawa; ko to ara tane mai, e Tama, i a Tamatekapua. Taiawhio te haere i runga i o Waka i a Mataatua, Horouta me Takitimu kia mihia mai koe e nga uri a o tupuna; a Toroa, a Porourangi, a Kahungunu. Whakamau mai ma te Upoko o te Ika ki o kawei maha, piki mai ma runga i ena o o Waka i a Kurahaupo, i a Aotea, i a Tokomaru. Kei Parininihi mau e maianga mai ki Mokau kohu nui, ki Mangatoatoa, ki Tamaki makau rau. Ahu atu to tira ki te tai ki te muri, ki te Tai-tokerau; ki o tupuna o roto i nga toronga maha mai i a Te Rongopatutaonga. Ka whakangaro atu ai koe, e te Kiingi, ki tua o Morianuku. Haere te Puhi o Tainui! Moe mai i runga o Taupiri, i te Urunga o te Kahurangi ka oti atu koutou te rarangi Kiingi ki te Po! Takina mai ra ngā Huihui o Matariki; Puanga, Tautoru, ka ngaro Atutahi; Ma and e whakarewa te tini whetu riki, Ka rewa kei runga! Pūhia e te hau ki runga o Moehau. Ka ngaro ia i te rehutai! Tēnā, 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! I unuhia noatia taku hou kōtuku No runga rawa ia No te pae tauārai kei ōna tūpuna. E hara i te tangata; He kuru tonga rerewa kātahi ka unuhia I roto i te whare o Hoturoa. I tirohia ano ka hiko te uira Ki runga o Taupiri! Ko tou tini ra te taka mai ra I ngā mānia kei Tangirau Ko te matamata i torona atu Mo koutou ko o iwi e moe mai na E Pa, e! A Lament by Potatau Te Wherowhero (before he was elected the first King of the Maori people) on the death of his brother, Kati.
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Te Ao Hou, September 1966, Page 5
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501He Reo Poroporoaki mo KOROKI TE RATA MAHUTA TAWHIAO POTATAU TE WHEROWHERO Te Taurima o nga Kiingi o te Iwi Maori Te Ao Hou, September 1966, Page 5
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