Bkst. — Maori tlscluito'.ogy. 191 



E hine ! Maru-nui i te tapm 



Ka taka i o tuakana 



Tu ake hoki, e hine ! 



I te tu wharariki 



Hai whakakakara mo hine ki te moenga 



Te moenga te whit a. te moenga te au 



Oti tonu atu koe ki raro — e — e. 



Taupae atu ra i tua o Te Wharau, e hine ! 



Ka wehe ko te po 



Ka wehe ko te ao i a koe 



Tokona atu ra ki tawhiti 



He toko-uri, he toko-tea 



He mapuna, he kai ure 



Kai ure noa ana, e hine ! 



Nga tohunga i nga atua kia mate 



Koi tonu nga niho ki te ngau 



Na Maui i hangarau, e hine ! 



Tana ika tapu 



Ko te whenua nui e noho nei taua 



I tikina ki raro wheuriuri 



Ki a Hine-nui-te-Po 



Hai ngaki i te mate 



I tukua mai nei ki a.na karere 



Ki te waeroa, ki te namu poto 



Hai kakati i te rae 



I te mata o te hurupiki, e hine ! 



Ko ta paua, ka ea te mate 



O te hiku rekareka nei 



te tuna — e — i. 

 Takoto mai ra, e hine ! 



1 roto i te whare papa 

 Ko te whare ra tena 



to tipuna, o Tama-a-mutu 



1 tuhia ai — e, ki te tuhi marei kura 

 Koia a Ngai-Tama-tuhi-rae 



I whakairi ai — e 



Ki runga ki te rakau 



Koia te kauhau i to papa 



I a Maui, e hine ! 



Tera ia te rua o tini raua ko mano 



I karia ki te oneone ika nui, e hine ! 



Hurihuritia iho ra. e hoa ma-e ! 



Ta tatau mahuri totara 



No te wao tapu nui o Tane 



No te awa — e, i Oatua 



No runga — e, i Okarakia 



No nga pinga — e, i roto i Te Kopua 



Taku totara haemata 



Te rite ai, e hine ! ki a koe — i — a. 



And ever since the time of Tama-tuhi-rae have the dead 

 of fthe Ngai-Tama clan been placed in trees, and never in the 

 earth. A tree is selected which has masses of a parasitic plant 

 known as Jcowharawhara (an Asielia) growing on its branches. 

 Among these thick masses are concealed the remains of the 

 children of Tama. 



