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perform and sing the haka, which, with the above perform- 

 ances, denoted grief for those slain and anger against the 

 hapless who had lost the day and returned alive. Such is the 

 manawa wera, or seared heart. 



Te kotiritiri, te kotaratara, o tai, o huki, o hope — e 



Whakatitaha rawa te waha o te kupenga ki uta 



Kia tairi — a-ba-ha ! 



Hoki raai, hoki mai — e 



Kia kawea koe ki tera whenua 



Ki era tangata, 



Nana i ki mai 



Uhi! Uhi!— e-e 



A — ha-ha ! 



Another class of haka are those repeated while playing 

 certain games, as we shall see anon. Others, again, are 

 juvenile jingles repeated by children for their own amusement. 

 The following are samples of such : — 



1. 



No wai te waka e rere i waho i te moana 

 No Kari-momona te wawata tiko tata. 



2. 

 Tikina kotatia te waka o nga tainariki 

 Kai te hoko titi, kai te hoko tata 

 E ka poroporo mai hoki 

 Te poro ki to tehe. 



3. 

 Po kaka, tahuna mai he rama 

 Kia marama a Pipora tatutatu na 

 Takere ! Takere ! Takere ! 



The following are specimens of modern haka. They were 

 composed and sung, with the usual wild gestures, by the 

 Tuhoe Tribe when the Land Commission first sat at Te 

 Whaiti and the long battle commenced for the possession of 

 that land : — 



Te tangi mai a te ika nei, a te poraka 



Ku-ke-ke — e ! 



Ku-keke-keke a Tuhoe ki Te Whaiti ! 



Kai a Raharuhi te paenga mai o te ure putete 



Te huruhuru a e apu ra i te kirikiri tai — e-ha ! 



Titiro ki ruDga ! titiro ki raro ! 



Titiro ki te mana motuhake e rere mai nei — e ! 



Hihi ana mai te pene a te Komihana ! 



A hihi ana mai ! Aue ! 



In the above Tuhoe compare their descent on Te Whaiti, 

 in order to establish claims by conquest and mana, with the 

 appearance and rapid increase of the frog, which has only of 

 late reached these parts. In the sixth and seventh lines they 

 call upon their old-time serfs to look up and gaze upon the 

 flag of Tuhoeland, across which runs the legend: " Te mana 

 motuhake mo Tuhoe " (The special mana for the Tuhoe Tribe). 



