Items performed before the Queen at Rotorua were rehearsed in full dress on the Rotorua racecourse just before the Queen's arrival. The Hauauru party is performing a poi dante. (John Ashton photograph). matauranga me nga wananga. Taku kupu me toku tumanako kia mau ki to koutou reo, ki to koutou Maoritanga, ki nga whakairo ki nga taniko, ki nga hakirara, ki nga pepeha i ohakitia ake e o koutou tupuna. Taku inoi kia tukua iho e Te Rungarawa te kaha ki ahau ki te whakatutuki i nga mea e taea e ahau, pera i toku matua i mua atu i ahau, ki te whakatupu i te rangimarie me te maramatanga ki nga iwi o te ao. Noho ake me te mau mahara kahore ahau e ngoikore ki te whakaputa i toku uaua kia rite enei koronga a te hinengaro. Mo ta koutou powhiri tena koutou, mo ta koutou whakau i to koutou piri pono taku Iwi Maori kia ora koutou katoa. Arawa poi rehearsed at racecourse. (John Ashton photograph).