E Tuatua Teia No Te Tetai Po Takurua Ki Araitetonga

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E Tuatua Teia No Te Tetai Po Takurua Ki Araitetonga

no te mea ko te ra ia e uipa a nga mua vaka, ki taua Takurua ra, e rekareka tai atianga e tupu te kino i tetai atianga.

Tera te tu taua ravenga ra, e tau ki te kai, e tanu ki te Meika e rave te kai e tautai te ika e taute ki te Poke, e kana ki te Roroi e tao ki te puaka kare e mata kai e ngaro, ei reira e uipa ai te tangata katoatoa ki Araitetonga e rave ei i te au peu tarekareka, ki taua ngai ra. Tera te au peu ka rave ia ki reira, ko tata kaara, ko te rutupau, ko te rere Evatipa ko te ura, ko te amu, ko te oro, ko te koko i te pare evatipa kia oro ki vai Tapu. Tera te tu akatupu pekapeka, kia pekapeka ai nga mua vaka, kia tupu te tamaki, kua pera rai, me riri tetai mua vaka, ei reira kua tamaki nga mua vaka, kua tupu te etau, i te tangata kua tamaki atura ko tei ora ko tei mate kua uri atura ki te kainga.

Te ra te kino maata kua aere tetai pae mei te rekareka kua aere tetai pae mei te tumatetonga e te mamae o te ngakau i to ratou au tauke i mate i te tamaki. Aue te aroa e.

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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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