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There is also a duet between a kakariki and a kaka_the 
little green parrot and the brown parrot. (GK, p. 74). 
Na te kakariki, tenei tangi. 
E te kaka! e rere atu rara homai akn kura, 
Naku ano aku kura i tiki ki te motu tapu ’na Tinirau. 
Torete, TcaureTc-e; torete, kaureke. 
E te kaka, e rere atu rara, 
“E rere ana koe ki hea? 
“E rere ana ki Poutahi? 
“E rere ana ki Puke-whanake ? 
“Ki te kawe korero ki a Te Iripa?” 
Kahore hoki au e aha atu nei ki a koe; 
Ka tu au i te rahui whakaioio, na Toko-ahu; 
Tenei au kei te ruhi noa, kei te ngenge noa, 
Ta te raumati hanga. 
Torete, kaureke; torete, kaureke. 
The Cry of the Little Green Parrot. 
G.I. O, thou big brown parrot, flying away there! 
Give me back here my own red feathers! 
B.P. My feathers are my own indeed; 
I fetched them from the sacred isle, 
Tinirau gave them to me. 
G.P. Torete, kaureke ; torete, kaureke. 
O, thou big brown parrot, still flying away there! 
Tell me whither art thou flying? 
Art thou flying away to Poutahi? 
Art thou flying to Puke-whanake? 
To carry tidings away to Te Iripa? 
B.P. Verily I will not reply to thee. 
Here am I standing in the preserve, 
Causing aching legs, made by Toko-ahu! 
Here am I both listless and tired out. Alas! 
The weary doings of the hot summer days! 
Torete, kaureke; torete, kaureke! 
Torete, etc., is the common cry of the parrakeet, according to 
the southern Maori of the North Island (especially when 
engaged in quietly talking to itself, as in confinement). It is 
probably a taunting-song by a captive bird;—it taunts the kaka 
that, it, too, may soon be a prisoner tied by the leg to a post. 
The names are figurative. “The whole/’ writes Colenso, who 
to i\es the above translation, “especially when sung to its own 
