In this poem Rangi Harrison writes of the Pacific Islands he has visited, and expresses his feelings in thinking of their long and sometimes tragic history. Tahitinui na Rangi J. Harrison 1 Tu ana ra i te tihi o Orowhena. Te maunga tikitiki o, Tahitinui i te Waiurirau, Te rau te oto o te manu e. 2 Ka tiro tiro whakararo ra, Ki te whenua papatairite atu ki te moana, Ko Waikite, Te puna wairere iho, Ko te marae o Pomare, Kiingi whakamutunga, O Taihitinui e. 3 To raru e Mare, I nga ture whakahouhou, A tauiwi, Kai horowhenua e. 4 Hei aha koia ra, Me waiho ma to tama ma, Teriinawahoroaitetuahauwiri Te Tuanuimaruaiterangiaroroa I Temanawaatutepau pea, E whakaea to mate e. 5 Ka piu nga mata ki Paea, Ko te arahurahu kei uta ra, Kei te tahatai moana, Te kurae whenua, Ko te maha i atea, A Ruatapu e. 6 Papara e, Papara e, Te whenua i rewa ai a Tainui waka, I kauria ai te moananui a Kiwa Ko Aotearoa e. 7 Ka huri taku kanohi, Ki Tahiti iti e, Ko Tautira motu e, Te kainga e rari noa te kai, Nga tohunga tarai waka e. 8 E whiti e te ra, Kirunga o Mauoro, Ko te whetumarama, Ko te ra tiaho mai irunga ra; Nawai nga ringa i whakairoiro, Ki te kamaka ra. 9 Pupuhi mai te matangi tokerau, Papaki kau ana te ngaru, Ki uta ra Kihai i toremi, Te here a umere A Turi e. 10 Whakarongo ra, whakarongo ra, Ki te pahu i Waiote, He tohu, Whakamene i te iwi e. 11 E whai i te ara ki Apoho, Te waahi pupuha mai te moana, Na roto i te toka e. 12 Ka tu ahau te puke, I Matawai, Te waahi tairi atu ki Arue, Arue whenua, Arue marae, Arue nohanga ariki e. 13 E piki ra, e kake ra, Ki Wharerauape, Ki te maraetuatahi, Ki Waihiria, Nga marae tawhitowhito, O nehe mai e.