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SONGS. 
Mokohiti noa te tan o takn 
ate. 
Nnkn mai, e hine, kia pin 
mai koe ; 
Wakarnkeruke noa i runga i 
aku ringa. 
Kia marama an, me titiro ki 
nta, 
Ki te waka tukn mai, ki te 
ao rere mai. 
Paneke ake ana te tara ki 
Hanmapu. 
Ko o tipnna i ora, i koki mai 
ki an ; 
Ka ruia raton ki raro ki Pae- 
ran. 
E Toko ma, e ! nau mai ki 
konei : 
Ka puhangarua an, nga toro 
a tawiti. 
He maka win an kia tnrakina 
atn 
Nga nrn rakan ki Tahorapa- 
roa ; 
Kia manrn ake ai te aroha, 
I an ki takn whenna. 
My heart is always beating for 
my beloved. 
Come near me, my daughter, and 
keep by my side ; 
Tbon art ever restless when I 
nnrse thee. 
Obstruct not my vision while gaz- 
ing inland 
At the approaching canoe and 
the cloud drawing near. 
Its edge ; as it rises by Hau- 
mapu. 
Thy ancestors lived and remained 
with me ; 
But they are driven downwards 
to Paeran. 
0 Toko and thy party welcome 
here : 
1 am afflicted with a disease from 
afar. 
I must baste to hew down 
The thicket of spears at Tahora- 
paroa ; 
That my spirits may be soothed. 
Which are excited for my land. 
The natives consider their lands as their ancestors, be- 
cause they always remain in the family ; though the original 
possessors have passed away, the lands are still the same, 
and descend from the fathers to their children. Te Rangi- 
wakaurua’s possessions had been over-run by the Ngati- 
maru, who had burned his forests and destroyed his property ; 
he, therefore, informs his daughter, Te Oiroa, that though 
he belonged to her ancestors, they were now destroyed and 
sent down to Paerau, one of the abodes of departed spirits. 
The words “ nga urn rakau ” mean literally a thicket of 
trees, though used here for one of spears, in allusion to the 
great number of invaders. Tahoraparoa is the general name 
given to his land. 
