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Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

E tuatua no te rakau a Uriarau

[Note added by Bob O'Brien as transcriber:] E tuatua no te rakau a Uriarau

E tuatua no te rakau a Uriarau, I rave ia taua rakau ra ki roto i te Takurua. Kua omai ia tetai tangata, tera taua tangata ra ko Tearaora. Tera te mea i akapera ia ai kia kino te Takurua, no te mea e Takurua ka moe. No reira i kimi ia ai te ravenga kia kino te Takurua, no te mea ko Uriarau te tangata e kino ei te Takurua, e kino katoa ai nga mua vaka. Kua omai ia taua rakau ra kia Teiotekai kia kimi ra a Uriarau i te rakau, kare e kitea, tei Teiotekai te rakau. Kare aia i aaki, te ra te mea i pera ai kia kino rai taua Takurua ra. Kua kino i reira taua Takurua ra, ko te aere rai ia o nga mua vaka. Kare rava o Teiotekai i aaki, kia au raovai e akaoki mai ei a Teiotekai i taua rakau ra.