Ehara tena he manu Maori. Me tikina Me titiro ki te huruhuru whakairo mai no tawhiti. Kei whea Korotau ka ngaro nei? Tena ka riro, kei te kato kai I te rau pohata nga whakangaeroe. E waiho ana koe hei tiaki whare He korero taua ki taku taumata. I koparea pea koe ki te huahua Pohewahewa mai no Rotorua. This is the lament for the loss of the bird Korota:— Overwhelming is my affection for my bird It prepossesses my soul's deepset depths at eventide When I enter my house; and causes my heart to throb. Look! oh daughters, at the duck which swims away yonder That is indeed no common bird, Bring it and Observe its plumage ornamented abroad in distant parts. Oh where is Korota lost? He has departed—to pluck food From the leaves of the pohata (sow thistle) With (his) deep thrusting bill. You were left to guard the home So that the hostile war-party might have cause to speak of my hill-top home. Perhaps you turned your eyes away to the preserved birds From Rotorua, causing you to stray from here. The late Mr Raureti Te Huia tells us that for many generations Korotangi had been hidden at Te Kakawa, on the southern side of Aotea Harbour. Until the time when the bird was said to have disappeared, its guardians were a family of Tainui descent. The last surviving member of this family passed on the story to Mr Te Huia. It is a fact that Korotangi has some peculiar charm to the people of Waikato. The eyes of leaders still dim with tears as they see this bird. Some even sob. It is said to have come to New Zealand in the Tainui Canoe, and to have been consulted as an oracle on all important matters. In fact, Waikato people tell us that Korotangi was carried on war expeditions, and consulted as required, being set on a hilltop by the taua, or war party, and invoked for help. Many believe that even yet an unseen influence radiates from it. Its mana tapu is indeed great. Members of the Hamilton Technical College Maori choir now have their own piu piu, as the result of a special effort by the Parent-Teachers' Association, with the co-operation of Guide Rangi. When she heard that the college was encouraging its Maori pupils with their own native arts and singing, Guide Rangi undertook to make the piu piu, and went to Hamilton to present them.