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Te ika i Heretaunga, te ika i Ngaru-roro 



Te ika i Tukituki, te ika i Porangahau 



Te ika i Te Whakaki 



Te takina mai ki te turuturu 



Ki tenei tapa ngutu 



Ki tenei tauremu 



I whiwhia mai a Tangaroa 



Tangaroa whiwhi 



E tuku, e heke ki to moenga 



Ki tenei kupenga, ki tenei tauremu 



Ana oti kai a koe 



Whiwhia, rawea. 



Whereas the following charm is repeated by a person who 

 is fishing for eels with a bob : — 



To poa, to poa, 

 To poa fcahuri ke 

 To poa ka rapa ke 

 Tikina mai 

 Kumekumea ! 

 Tikina mai 

 Takatakahia ! 

 Tikina mai 

 Haparangitia ! 

 Tangaroa kia u 

 Tangaroa kia ngoto mai 

 Oi whiwhia, oi rawea 

 To poa, 

 Tahuri mai. 



Here is another version : — 



E Raro ! E Raro ! 

 TePo 



Te Po tahuri ke 

 Te Po tahuri mai 

 Tau mounu tikina mai 

 Kumekumea ! 

 Tikina mai 

 Takatakahitia ! 

 Tikina mai 

 Haparangitia ! 

 Kia u 

 Kia ngoto. 



The Earo here mentioned seems to be a sort of mystical 

 term for the earth, or the underworld. A very ancient legend 

 mentions that Puanga, Takurua, and Matariki (all star names) 

 ascended from their mother Raro to the heavens ; also that 

 the kumara of Earo is the kumara-hou (a tree). 



The expression " kopua kana/panapa "* is applied to the 

 Kawerau Valley on account of eels and other foods being 

 plentiful at that place. The following song refers to it : — 



He aha taku tamaiti i waiho ai 



I kakara ke (?) hei kai ra 



Te whakahokia ai 



Ki te kopua kanapanapa 



* Also kopua kaniwhanhvha, applied to a deep dark hole in a river, &c. 



