47.—HE TANGI MO NUKU-PEWAPEWA.
Na Te Wharepouri. (Te Ati-Atva.) Ko Te Whareponri he rangatira no Te Atiawa. Ko Nulb** pewapewa he rangatira, he toa no Wairarapa. E kiia ana he tangata nui, he ataahua hoki. I whakaekea eTe Atiawa a Wairarapa i nga ra i a Te Rauparaha, a no nga pakanga i reira ka man herehere i a Nuku a Te Uamairangi, wahine a Te Wharepouri raua ko Ripeka te Kakapi, tamahine a Te Wharepouri. Otira i runga ite whakaaro rangatira whakahokia mai ana aua wahine ki aTe Wharepouri. Ka tipu te whakaaro i a Te Wharepouri i konei kia haere ia ki Nukutaurua, i reira hold a Nuku-pewapewa, i te hekenga atu o nga morehu o Wairarapa, o Heretaunga ki reira. Kei te haere atu aTe Wharepouri ratau ko tona iwi i runga i te kaipuke ka mate a Nuku ki te moana i waho o Ahuriri. No te taenga oTe Wharepouri ki Nukutaurua ka tangihia te tangi nei. Kei te B. 3/97 e ki ana a Te Whatu (Paitini Wi Tapeka) o Tuhoe, na Tahere tcnei waiata mo tona tuahine. (J. 25/77, J. 28/133, S. p. 80, W. 6/48. B. 4/45. Tr. 45/364-374.) Ter a Tariao ka kokiri kai runga, Ko te rite i ahau e whakawhetu nei. Te hua 1 i te puku e kai momotu nei. Wairua i tahakura non nei e Nuku; Kei te whakaara koe i taku nei moe, Kia tohu ake an ko to tinana tonu. Me he wai wharawhara te tuturu i aku kamo. E tangi. e inanu, kia mohio roto. Ma te hau tonga e whin i ahau Nga puke iri mai o Rangitoto i waho: Kia whaia atu ka wehe i ahau. Tera pea koe ka iria he maunga, Nga tai tangi mai o Manukau 3 i raro; Ki Nga-Puhi ra ia, ki Wainukumamao, 4 Ki Morianuku; 5 te huri rawa mai To wairua ora ki au ki konei.
TTe Kua ite puku. Ki etahi e penei ana, ‘Te aroha kite iwi.’ *Rangitoto.— te motu i waho ake o Waitemata, i Akarana. 3 Manukau.—-I Onehunga ra, 4 Wainukumamao. He ingoa no Hawaiki mai. SMorianuku. He puke kei Te Rerenga-Wairua. Hei reira nga wairua poroparoaki mai ai ki te ao turoa. Ko nga ingoa kainga i roto i te waiata nei kei te tai whakararo: ano te ahua ehara i te waiata i titoa mo Nuku ake, engari he waiata tawhito ano, i waiatatia e Te Wharepouri he! tangi mana mo tona h6a rangatira. Ko nga korero mo Nuku-pewapewa kei te J. 25/77. He me* hikohiko mai i reira nga whakamarama i mnga ake nei.
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Toa Takitini, Issue 88, 1 December 1928, Page 10 (Supplement)
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43547.—HE TANGI MO NUKU-PEWAPEWA. Toa Takitini, Issue 88, 1 December 1928, Page 10 (Supplement)
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