84.—HE WAIATA AROHA.
Na NGATI-WHAKAHEMO. Ko nga kupu o te waiata nei he mea tango mai i te pukapuka a Elsdon Best (8.3/88), i ta T. Turi hoki (T. Turk 51), a e tukua atu ana ki te kimi i ona tino whakamarama. Ko te ahua o te wahi i whakakaupapatia ai tenei waiata kei te taha tai i tua mai o Maketu, kei Pukehina. Ko Ngati-Whakahemo te iwi kei reira; na reira ka whakamau pera te patai. He waiata reka tenei, kei nga wahi katoa e waiatatia ana. (Ref. 8.3/88, T. Turi. 51.) Kaore 1 te aroha e huri i runga 2 ra o Aku kiri kanohi, he ha;; a kia mapuna 3 te Roimata i aku kamo, e. Me aha te aroha e mauru 4 ai ra? ’Mai 5 ki pikitia te hira kai te Pare-o-te- 7 Rawahirua, kia mihi atu au te Ripa ki Matawhau’ 8 ; naku ia na koe ko— I huri ki te tua, i. Pere 9 taku titiro te au kai te moana o Tuhua 10 i waho, he rerenga hipi 11 main Hou, eTe Kiore 12 , hei kawe i ahau ki Tai o nga muri, kei maru tata ’hau te Whakamau kite iwi, e.
I Kaore te, etc. Ko tenei whiti kaore ite 8.3/88, engari kei te T. Turi. 51. 2j runga ra o. Ki etaKi i roto ra. 3 Mapuna. —Ka pupu ake penei ite wai ote puna. iMauru. Ki etahi “ mahuru.” s ’Mai. —He whakapotonga no “ homai.” 6 Hira. He kupu Maori tonu, mo te tuahiwi o te rae, o nga tukemata. Tera tetahi waiata, “. Ko koe e Te Rae-hira i waho o Otawa, etc.” He ingoa no W. K. Wihapi oTe Puke aTe Raehira. I te wa patu tohora nei ka kiia te ” Kira ” ko te taumata e titiro ai ki waho kite moana; engari pea tera ko te kupu pakeha “ hill.” Te Pare-o-te-Rawahirua. — Eki ana a Wihapi he hiwi kei runga ake o te whare-kura i Ohinepanea, Pukehina. Ko Te Rawahirua he kaumatua no Tuhourangi. Eki ana aTe Taite i rongo ia no Ngai-te-rangi aTe Rawahirua; nona te pa i patua ai a Haua, tipuna o Ngati-Haua. “Matawhau. —He whakapotonga mo Matawhaura, he maunga whaka huahua no Te Arawa i te Rotoiti. 9 Pere taku titiro. —He tohunga te whakahuatanga i enei kupu, ka whiua nga kanohi ki waho kite moana, ano kei te pere. 10 Tuhua. He motu kei waho o Tauranga, e kiia nei ko Mayor Island. !I Hipi. Ko te kupu pakeha ra, “ ship.” 12 Te Kiore. Eki ana a Wihapi ko Te Whiti-kiore te tangata o Tuhua, waiho iho hei ingoa hapu. Ki etahi e penei ana, “ Nohou ete atua” mo te pakeha.
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Toa Takitini, Issue 88, 1 December 1928, Page 61 (Supplement)
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44884.—HE WAIATA AROHA. Toa Takitini, Issue 88, 1 December 1928, Page 61 (Supplement)
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