163.—HE WAIATA AROHA MO TE PIKIKOTUKU.
No Whangamii. Na Te Taite Te Tomo nga kupu, nga whakamarama Ko tenei waiata mo Te Pikikotuku. he rangatira no Whanganui. Tona kainga ko Manganui-o-te-ao. Kaore i te mohiotia na wai tenei waiata, engari ko te ahua na tetahi wahine e whaka-whaiaipo ana ki a Te Piki. . . No Tuhourangi (Te Arawa) te wahine a Te Piki, nana i tiritiri kia haere ki Rotomahana, ki Ruawahia. Ka haere a Te Piki kite kainga o Kaipaka, o Rangiheuea i Tarawera, a mate tonu atu ki reira. (Ref.: Taite 57). Tera te marama! whakakau ana mai, Tu kau ana au ko taku tahanga kau, Mokai te whitikore 1 whakaupa nei tc tuere. Kei tawhiti ra te rongo ote wetewete, Naku i papare iho e ai rau 2 rangi, Homai te wai kamo kia raki 3 ake au, Kia kakea atu te tapu o te wahine, Nana i tiritiri, 4 i mahi ai kia nui. He kore kupu mana kia hoki mai a Te Piki. Na Te Kakati s ra nana koe i homai, Tino kite nei au i a Tukaiora, 6 I te horepo, 7 e, nau ano e Kaihinu, 8 Ai rawa hei kawe te puke ki Takinikini, 9 Ki a Rangiheuea; lo nau ano, e Kaipaka." Kia 12 rip a tahurangi te remu ote huia, i.
'Whitikore:—Kore i matatu, kore i kakama. 2 E ai raurangi:—I nga rang! o mua ra. sßaki: maroke. 4 Tiritiri: — korerorero haere. 5 Te Kakati:—Kei te ngaro tenei. eTukaiora:—Ko Te Pikikotuku Tukaiora, papa oTe Pikikotuku mona te waiata nei. 7 Ho repo:—He haere tahanga i te po, ka whakapaea he whai wahine. B Kaihinu:—No Tuhourangi. sTakinikini:He urupa no Ngati-Uenuku, kei Raetihi. ,o ßangiheuea —He rangatira no Tuhourangi. "Kaipaka:—No Tuhourangi ano, 12^ ia rip ®:; f tc - : —Ka moe iho ite po, ka rehu ranei, ko te tinana o Te Piki, e titi ana mai te huia.
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Toa Takitini, Issue 92, 1 April 1929, Page 5 (Supplement)
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315163.—HE WAIATA AROHA MO TE PIKIKOTUKU. Toa Takitini, Issue 92, 1 April 1929, Page 5 (Supplement)
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