FISHING CEREMONIES. 
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Mou ki tapu kaha nui o Tan- 
garoa, 
Te waka tauiratia ana mai e 
koe, 
Te kaha Tane, Tangaroa ko 
taku, 
Kaha, ko te kaha awai, 
Ko te kaha a Tama Titoko, 
Tena te kaha ka wiwi, 
Tena te kaha ka rawe, 
Tena te kaha ka 
Mon, ki mua waka, 
Mou ki roto waka, 
Mon ki tn ta mua o Tane, 
Mon ki tapu kaha nui o Tan- 
garoa, 
Mou ki tenei waka, 
Mou ki tenei tauira, 
Ko koe te waka tauiratia, 
Ana mai e koe te kaha, 
Tane Tangaroa te wanatu, 
Taku kaha nei ki ware pouri 
0 Tangaroa, i tai, 
Te homai, 
Te herea, 
Te notia, 
Te nota, 
Te waka maua ki tenei kaha, 
Te wanatu taku kaha nei, 
Ki ware huakina o Tangaroa 
1 tai, 
Te homai te herea te waka- 
maua, 
Ki tenei kaha, 
Tena te kaha ka wiwi, 
Tena te kaha ka rawe, 
Gained in the midst of the fish, 
The canoe is rendered sacred, 
The strength of Tane Tangaroa 
is my strength, 
The strength of whom ? 
The strength of Tama Titoko. 
Behold this is the strength 
gained, 
Behold this is the strength ac- 
quired, 
Behold this is the strength held, 
Before the canoe to be held, 
In the midst it is held, 
Before Tane it is held, 
In the midst of the fish, 
Gained by this canoe, 
Gained by this spell, 
You are rendered sacred, 
You are made strong, 
Tane Tangaroa render prosper- 
ous 
My strength in the dark house 
of Tangaroa (deep sea), 
From the sea the giving, 
From the sea the binding, 
From the sea the fastening, 
From the sea the holding, 
From the sea the retaining by 
this strength, 
The prospering my^strength, 
The opening of the door of 
Tangaroa’s ocean house, 
The giving, the binding, the 
holding firm, 
By virtue of this spell ; 
This is the strength gained, 
This is the strength obtained*, 
