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SONGS. 
Ko o tipuna i ora, i lioki mai ki 
au; 
Ka ruia ratou ki raro ki Paerau. 
E Toko ma, e! nau mai ki konci: 
Ka puhangarua au, nga toro a 
tawiti. 
He maka wiu au kia turakina atu 
Nga uru rakau ki Tahoraparoa; 
Kia maui-u ake ai te arolia, 
I au ki taku wenua. 
Thy ancestors lived and remained 
with me; 
But they are driven downwards to 
Paerau. # 
0 Toko and thy party welcome me: 
I am afflicted with a disease from 
afar. 
I must haste 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, because 
they always remain in the family. Though the original pos¬ 
sessors have passed away, the lands are still the same, and 
descend from the fathers to their children. Te Rangiwaka- 
urua’s possessions had been overrun by the Ngatimaru, who 
had burned his forests and destroyed his property. He there¬ 
fore, 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 uru rakau ” means literally a thicket of 
trees, though used here for a thicket of spears, in allusion to 
the great number of invaders. Tahoraparoa is the general 
name given to his land. 
Ko te Tangi a te Ngahuru. 
Te Ngahuru's Lament. 
E muri ahialii ka totoko te arolia, In the evening my love melts 
within me, 
Wairua o te hanga ka wclie i For the spirit of the being who is 
ahau. separated from me. 
Wai te teretere, e rere i waho Whose is the company that sails 
ra ? along yonder ? 
Nou, e te Kohu ! E hold koutou, It is thine, 0 Kohu ! But do you 
return, 
Bipa ki te wchnua, ki Maketu Towards the mainland, even to 
raia. Maketu. 
* A region of Hades. 
