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Toia Toia Mai Rā

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Toia Toia Mai Rā
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Tōia!
Tōia mai rā a Tainui, Te Arawa, Mātaatua,
   ngā waka o te motu!
Ma wai e tō?
Māku e tō; ma Whakapau e tō!
Tēnei hoki rā te rangonga ake nei,
He tārewa i nuku,
   he tārewa i rangi.

Tūnui ē, nau mai, nau mai,
Nau mai; ka kau téua
   i te awa i Pikopiko-i-whiti
Kia mātakitakitia tāua e te tini,
   e te mano.

Nāku koe i tiki atu
   i te Wao-nui-a-Tāne
Mihimihi e Tāne,
   kohakoha e Tāne.
Turuturu haere ana mai te wai
  o te hika o Marama.

E patua ana mai e te kōmurimuri
Nā runga ana mai o Waihī
Ko te iringa mai tēnā o ngā waka nei.
Arara, huhura te rā,
wewero te rā,
Ngā tāngata i whakariri
  ka mamau ki te taura
Kia tūmatatorohia atu e ahau
   - taku timatatoro.

Ihu o waka turuki, turuki,
Paneke, paneke!
Haramai te toki,
Haumi ē, hui ē, taiki ē!


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.