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Ngatokimatawhaorua captained by Nukutawhiti
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Mamari captained by Ruanui
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TE WHARE O NGA-PUHI
He mea hanga Ko papa-tuanuku te papa-rahi Ko nga maunga nga poupou Ko te rangi e titiro iho neu te tuanui PUHANGA TOHORO titiro ki TE RAMAROA (PIHANGA TOHORA) TE RAMAROA titiro ki WHIRIA Ki te paiaka o te riri, ki te kawa o RAHIRI WHIRIA titiro ki PANGURU, ki PAPATA Ki te rakau tu papata i tu ki te Taihauru PANGURU PAPATA titiro ki MAUNGA-TANIWHA MAUNGA-TANIWHA titiro ki TOKERAU TOKERAU titiro ki RAKAU-MANGAMANGA RAKAU-MANGAMANGA titiro ki MANAIA MANAIA titiro ki TUTU-MOE TUTU-MOE titiro ki MANGANUI MANGANUI titiro ki PUHANGA-TOHORA Ko te whare ia tenei o NGA-PUHI (from Eru Pou, Kaikohe...recorded by Joan Leaf) |
THE HOUSE OF NGA-PUHI
This is how it is made: The earth is the floor The mountains the supports The sky we see above is the roof From PUHANGA TOHORA look toward TE RAMAROA (PIHANGA TOHORA) From TE RAMAROA look toward WHIRIA The seat of our war-like prowess The ancestral line of RAHIRI From WHIRIA look toward PANGURU - to PAPATA To the thickly growing trees which extend to the western sea From PANGURU and PAPATA toward MAUNGA-TANIWHA From MAUNGA-TANIWHA look toward TOKERAU (Bay of Islands) From TOKERAU to RAKAU-MANGAMANGA (Cape Brett) From RAKAU-MANGAMANGA to MANAIA (Whangarei Head) From MANAIA to TUTA-MOE From TUTA-MOE to MANGANUI BLUFF From MANGANUI look toward PUHANGA TOHORA This is the house of NGA-PUHI |
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