16.—HE WAIATA MO TE KANI-A-TAKIRAU
(Ngati-Porou). Na Paratene Ngata i tohutohu nga kupu o tenei waiata. Kaore i te marama, na wai i tito tenei waiata, engari no te takiwa ano o Waiapu, kei reira hoki nga ingoa e whakahuahuatia ana i roto i te waiata. 1 He aha kai te rangi, ka tihorea nei, e? He rangi haerenga ra nohou nei e Te Kani; 1 Ka iri kei runga kei te Wharau-a-Parua, e, Ko to tinana ra e kore nei e taea. 2 Kai parahua ai te ika ki te mounu, e: Whai rawa atu nei, kore rawa i anga mai. E tuia ana koe e te pua i te kahika, e, E te ora iti ra, nahau e Kahutoro.
3 Whakarongo kite puku, e haruru noa ana, e: He tuki waihoe ra nohou nei e Te Kani; Ka hangai kite rae, ki Whakori ra ia, e, U whakarauiri kite Awanui 5 nei.
HE WHAKAMARAMA: *Te Kani. Ko Te Kani-a-Takirau, ko te rangatira nui o nga iwi o te-Tai-rawhiti i ona ra. Te Wharau-a-Parua.— puke kei runga o Tawhiti, i tapaia ki a Parua. 3 Te oraiti na KaKutoro. He wkakatauki mo te kai iti, he pau wawet mo te manu mo te KuaKua. 4 Whakori. te Kautuku. s Awanui, Ko Port Awanui.
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Toa Takitini, Issue 38, 1 October 1924, Page 23 (Supplement)
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21416.—HE WAIATA MO TE KANI-A-TAKIRAU Toa Takitini, Issue 38, 1 October 1924, Page 23 (Supplement)
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