ITINERARY AND TRADITION SONG. 
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Ko te popo a Te Rangitakoru mo 
tana tamahine , mo Wharaurangi. 
E hine aim, ki to kunenga mai i 
tawiti, 
Ki te whakaringaringa, ki te 
whakawaewae, 
Te wakakanohi-tanga, ka manu, 
e hine, te waka i a Ruatea, 
Ko Kurahanpo, ka iri mai tana, 
i runga i Aotea ko te waka ia 
Tun, 
Kan mai tana te ngutu Whenua 
kura, 
Hanga iho te whare Rangitawhi ; 
Tiria mai te kumara, 
Ka ruia mai te karaka ki te taiao 
nei ; 
Karia iho te pon Tamawahinei, 
Ka waiho i Nga tna hine, i a 
Nonoko-uri, 
I a Nonoko-tea, ko te Here- 
runga, ko te Korohunga. 
Kapua mai e Han ko te one ki te 
ringa, 
Ko te tokotoko. Ka witi i te awa, 
Ka nui ia, ko Wanga-nui ; 
Tiehutia te wai, ko Wangae-hu ; 
Ka hinga te rakau, ko Turakina ; 
Tikeitia te waewae, ko Tikei ; 
Ka tatu, e hine, ko Manawatu ; 
Ka rorohio nga taringa, ko Ho- 
kio ; 
Waiho te awa iti hei ingoa mona 
ki Ohau ; 
Te Rangitakoru 1 s nursery song for 
his daughter, for Wharaurangi. 
0, my daughter, when you came 
from afar, 
And your hands were formed, 
and your feet, 
And your face, you floated, 0 
daughter, 
In theKurahaupo,Ruatea’s canoe, 
When you embarked in the Ao- 
tea, the canoe of Turi, 
You forded the Whenua kura at 
its mouth, 
There was made the house of 
Rangitawi ; 
Let us plant the kumara, 
And sow the karaka, in the land 
bordering the sea ; 
Sink deep the post Tamawahinei, 
Leave it for Nga tua hine, from 
Nonoko-uri, 
From Nonoko-tea, the Hererunga 
and Korohunga. 
Hau took up some sand in the 
palm of his hand, and his staff. 
When he crossed over the river, 
Finding it was wide he called it 
Wanga-nui ; 
Splash the water, that will reach 
Wangae-hu ; [rakina ; 
The length of a fallen tree, is Tu- 
Having many times lifted up his 
feet, Tikei ; 
When his heart sank within him, 
Manawatu ; 
When the wind whistled past his 
ears, Hokio ; 
The small river he called, Ohau ; 
