Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

E Tuatua Teia No Tetai Tangata Tera Tona Ingoa Ko Tirori

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E Tuatua Teia No Tetai Tangata Tera Tona Ingoa Ko Tirori

e tautai te aerenga, tera te tautai e uaki anga.

Kua aere atura taua tangata ra, ki raro i te ava i Avatiu, kare aia i kite e, ko te ra ia e mate ei aia, kua toto i tona vaka, kua tari i tana au [unclear: peu] ki runga i te vaka kua ae atura aia ki te Moana kua tatara aia i tona kakau, kua tatua aia i te kaa. Ki aia ei tamou i te vaka kia kore e panu. Kua rere atura aia ki raro i te tai, kua uaki i te anga. Tei taua aerenga nona i te tiki anga, kua mate atura aia. Tera te mea i kite a aia e kua mate ko te panu aere anga i te vaka. Kia ae atu ra te vaka i te [unclear: atoro] kua mate takere, tera te ara koia koro ana raua ma te vaine te ra te tuatua a te vaine, auraka kae e aere, kua kate te pure, kia ati te pure ka aere ei [unclear: koe]. Tera tana tuatua eiaa te pure ka ki [unclear: toou] kopu i reira, ka aere au ki tetai ika naku, ko te ki te kopu, kua aere atura e kua mate. Te apenga o te taitoito ko te mate, ko te amo inu ia o te taitoito ki te mate.

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Title: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands : Notebook 2

Author: John Joseph Knight Hutchin

Editor: Percy Hall

In: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

Part of: Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies

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