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7. Kore te paheke, 7. 
Kore te watu, 
Watu Turnknmia, 
Watu Takina, 
Watu Kaia, 
Watu Karewa, 
Ka rewa ki tua maroki ; 
8. Te Kore te whiwia, 8. 
Te Kore te rawhea, 
Te Kore te oti atu, 
Oti atu te Kore, 
Te Ho ki te Kore, 
Te mana te Kore, 
Te Waia te Kore ; 
9. Ko meru tukua a Reinga, 9. 
Ko meru tau tukua a Reinga, 
Wakawaia anake ki te ao, 
Ki te ao tawito, 
Ka pa te mate ki a matou ; 
The nothing giving way (slip- 
P in g)> 
The no hail, 
Dark- colored hail, 
Hail darting forth, 
Hail destroying, 
Hail melting, 
Flowing beyond the dry places ; 
The nothing, increasing, 
The nothing, abounding, 
The nothing, the finishing, 
The finishing, the nothing, 
The going on from the nothing, 
The power, the nothing, 
The pursuing the nothing ; 
Meru the Releaser from Hades, 
Meru the Breaker of the bonds 
of Hades, 
Who alone can cause the feet to 
retrace the path to the world 
above, 
The ancient world, 
That death may not cleave to us. 
The Priest also added the following pedigree of Tun, the 
first man who came from Hawaiki to the west coast of New 
Zealand : — - 
Ka noho Ui arei ka noho i Taihuatahi, 
Ka wanau tona tamaiti ko Ruarangi, 
Ka noho i a Rongo waroa, 
Ka wanau tana tamaiti ko Hatangaimua, muri iho ko Rakau Maori, 
Ka noho i a Reinga rangi, 
Ka wanau tana tamaiti ko Puamua, 
Ka noho i a Teina tapu ka wanau tana tamaiti ko Rongo tea tau 
Karihi, 
Ka noho i a Rungamea ka wanau tana tamaiti ko Rongo te a rima 
maranea, 
Ka noho i a Rungatama ka puta ki waho ko Turi. 
As many of the tribes trace their descent from Turi, these 
generations of ancestors born before the arrival of the Maori 
in New Zealand are^ery interesting. i 
