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Kaore ra, e hinc ! 

 He putanga ki te tonga 

 Nou anake ra te putanga 

 Ko Whakahewa i te rangi 

 Nana i kimi ko Poutini, ko Wharaua 

 Ko te wai ra i tere ai te toki 

 Ka kitea i reira, o tuhi ana, e rapa ana 

 I raro i to wkatu kura o Tangaroa 

 Ko whatu uira ra tena 

 Ko wkatu rarama ra tena 

 Ka hewa e Rua tumata kurukmu 

 Tuniata ka rewa 



Homai, wkakapiritia ki a Hine-tua-koanga 

 Hai oro i te toki 

 Ho pua totara kauorohia 

 Ho pua totara kauorohia 

 Kauorohia te ati tipua 

 Kauoroliia te ati tawhito 

 Hai whakakoi ra, e hine ! 

 I to mata o te toki 

 Hai tuatua i te wao a Tane 

 * I te tuatua i te wao a Tane 

 I te rnaramara o Tukehu 

 I te taraa iara na Mumuhanga. 

 Hai ara mo taua 

 Kia whiti ai taua 

 Ki rawahi o te awa 

 E hine ! 



The word kauoro is a form of oro, " to grind by rubbing on 

 a stone." A grindstone is koanga. Mumuhanga was, as we 

 have seen, the origin of the totara tree, while Tukehu is said to 

 be a daughter of hers, and the emblem or personification of the 

 totara. 



In felling trees, should a tree fall backwards (not the way 

 it was intended to fell it), that circumstance was deemed an 

 unlucky omen. If the tree hangs on the stum]) — i.e., the butt 

 thereof remains on the stum]) and does not fall to earth — that is 

 also unlucky, and is termed a hongi. 



When a man was employed in felling a tfee he would expecto- 

 rate into the titaumu (scarf, kerf) in order to prevent his arms 

 from becoming weary. 



He lu/pu i mahue : Remarks omitted. When about to 

 engage in felling and hewing timber for a house, canoe, fort, &c, 

 the haraJda or charm was repeated over the stone tools in order 

 that they might do the work effectively, and that no mishap 

 occur to such work, to the timbers, or workers thereat. There 

 was a certain amount of tapu pertaining to the destruction or 

 utilising of the Children of Tane (trees), or at least of the more 

 important species thereof. When so working, all chips must 

 be left where the work is done, and not burned or taken awa}-. 

 To do either of these things was deemed unlucky — the work 



