Extract from Poetry of the New-Zealanders

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Ko tu koe. Ko wai wai. Ka timo te tai.
Ko rongo koe. Korero rero. Nga tai o te tu.
Ko te manuwhiri. Ka kore kore te toki. Ko waka rara na tauna.
Nau mai. Te whare pa tahi. Ma nga wai.
Moemoe hia mai te kuri. Te whare pa rua. E tai taua?
Haere mai te manuwhiri. Te ui te rangi ora. E tai, homai te wai.
No runga te manuwhiri. E roro ki waho. Ka hi te kai.
No raro te manuwhiri. Ko tu koe. Ka kawa te kai.
No to ti. Ko rongo koe. Ka whakarere te kai.
No to ta. Ko tenei te manuwhiri. E kai.
No waka i oio. Nau mai. Ari nui.
Tupu kere kere. Kaore te kai i te kainga. Ari roa.
Tupu a nanga. E ronga. Ari ma noa noa.
Ka hea e wa. E ronga. E titi rau ma hewa.
I ki e roro. E ronga maru awa. E to kai moana.
Ki tahi ka tu ke he. Ka ha te tai. E roro ki waho.

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Title: Extract from Poetry of the New-Zealanders

Author: George Grey

Quoted in: A History of the Birds of New Zealand.

Publication details: Sir Walter Lawry Buller, 1888

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

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