Best. — On Maori Games. 



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Kia Te Ngahue, ki Matakawa, kia Te Pori-o-te-rangi 



Ko te au ra i nohoia e td takupu o te Whai-a-Paoa 



Kia ope noa te kutikuti, kia ope noa te whakairoiro 



Hai maru haerenga mo maua ko taku tamaiti poriro. 



Mo Tu-wairua, mo paki kau noa mai 



E te ngutu o te tangata. 



Nau mai hoki ra, e te iwi ! 



Kia kite koe i te whare whanaurjga tamariki 



Ka whakaaro- rangi tenei ki Tikirau, kia Te Puta-hou 



Kia tawaria taku tua ki te kope rawhiti ki tae iho 



Me kore te matarae i Whanga-paraoa 



Ko te Wewehi-o-te-rangi 



E aki kau ana te tai ki Ahuriri 



Ka tika tutuki te koronga ki te Kaha-makau-rau 



Kia te noa a Tiki ko te rawa hoki e Whata 



I whakairia ai toku teke mai tutakina na mata kia karapipiti 



Ako rawa ake ki te ai a te tui ko te ngutu koikoia 



Na kete tahora mo kai toku whaea i riro atu na 



I waiko ai kai hikihiki taua ki te ihu o Pauanui 



Ko te hapu pararaki to Peha taua te kiri wharauna 



Ki te whare ka to poriro au na 



I moe atu aku kanohi kia Tukorehu 



Ki te hunga nana i takitaki taku mate 



Ka ea Waipohue 



Kati ra te wbakakeke na i te patarga 



Huatakitini te hapai o taitaia Maui 



Kia tihao atu te tihi ki Tongariro 



Kia matotoru, e rua aku ringa 



Ki te haramai ki te aitanga a Tuwharetoa 



Hai kai — e. 



A Rangi Poi. 



Poi maru nui, maru roa, whiu noa, ta noa, 



Ki te hika tamariki, ki te hika ropa 



Te tauwheke kui, te tauwheke koro ki te hika 



Ka harubaruatia, ka ewe kuritia 



Ka hanga ta te pakeke pirori haere ai 



Te mahi a te pakeke ka motu kai te wka 



Kai te whakapokanehane tara kai raro 



Matoetoe ano te warubanga e tu nei 



Te whakatau iho, te whakatau ake 



Kai kea he ara rerenga mai e te poi 



Kei Kawhia, kei Marokopa, kei te akau 



Kei te tipuranga mai o te poi — e ha ! 



I kinitia i te tou o te tamariki 



Whainga whekiki ki au— e poi e. 



A Rangi Poi. 



Tenei te poi, tenei te poi 



Horohoronga e to ringaringa 



Hokohokona ki te tamaiti 



Tamaiti rurenga rau, e ha! 



Hurua ki raro ki te kaka 



Ka kotamu toku, ka kotamu to Ngaroria 



Ka kotamu ki taua tangata 



Tahi ano ko te pakuru anake 



E hia po e whai atu ai, ka tahuri mai tu Hakaraia 



Haere, whakataha te haere 



A kura-winiwini tara koa 



