107.—HE TANGI.
Na Ngati-Kahungunu? Kei nga wahi katoa o te motu tenei e waiatatia ana. I kore ai e taia ki konei i mua ra, he me a kia kitea, na tehea iwi tenei waiata. Ko te reo no te Tai-rawhiti, a ko te ahua na tera wahanga na Ngati-Kahungunu i te Mahia, a ki runga atu. (Refs.: T. Turi p. 14, W.L.¥. 91, 92 and 103). Ka riro ra, e, te momo o te tangata, Ka memene ki tawhiti, e, Te motu ra i a te ori 1 ; Tc tangata ra, e, nana i ako mai Ko ana hai titiro, e, Hura rawa i raro ra. Tana ekenga mai, keke ana te papa, e, To pai rangatira, i. Maringiringi ai te wai ra 2 i aku kamo, e. Ko tona hekenga tonu. Na Maui 3 tonu aua pokapokanga, e, He tini te kowhao. Homai noa ra he mimiro mo te waka, e, E mau ai ra. Kei ranga noa rate taro a Kea 4 , e, I Taiporutu ra; I te tai whakaki na Whiringatau, 6 e, Pokipoki whakararo, i. Te pa noa mai he koraki te hau, e, Hei khiu i ahau; Noho ana hoki au i te kei o te waka, e, Nou e Ropu 7 ; Hei tupiki noa mau nei e Taiki, e, Ma te Whakapuaroa, B i. •Te ori; He wahi i pangia e te mate uruta.' Ra i aku kamo: Ki ta W.L.W. 'o aku whatu.’ 3 Maui: Ko Maui-Potiki, nana nei i hi te Ika-a-Maui. 4 Kea: E kiia ana he atua no runga i a Takitimu. sTaiporutu; Kei te Mahia. s Whiringatau: E kiia ana ko te tangata tera o runga i a Papahuakina he waka i u ki Nukutaurua, te Mahia. ?Ropu: Kei te ngaro tenei. sWhakapuaroa: Ko te tikanga Whata-puaroa, ko te wahi tapu whaka-takotoria ai nga mea a nga tohunga.
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Toa Takitini, Issue 88, 1 December 1928, Page 94 (Supplement)
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310107.—HE TANGI. Toa Takitini, Issue 88, 1 December 1928, Page 94 (Supplement)
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