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Proverbs

Tapore rangi tahi
Whakatakariri kai raurangi

Waiho ra kia whakautua taku whenua
Ki te (nga) kuri Pae-ngahuru (Paenga-huru)

Kei warea nga mahara o ( Let not the thoughts )
Te-kai-a-hurahanga ( of _____ be swayed )

Ahakoa iti te koutu-whenua ( Land alone is )
E kore e taea te parepare ( immeasurable )

Nawai i ki te iti kahikatoa i ki
Hei whawhai i te kokomuka, me te karangu

Kei te iri ano te toenga
O te rourou kai a te Pou-mua

Wai kai ana te tahi taha
Wai tao ana te tahi taha
Ka whakatika mai te wai tao ka mate te wai kai

Karekare te wai ki roto o pare
Angaanga ka hinga ko Tokorua
A tupua, tera ko Kahu-te-heru
Ko Tai-ka-ngakau

Te uri o Hau-nui-a-paparangi
Nana i taotao te nuka-roa o Hawa-iki

Te kahu taonga rua o Hau (make peace)
Ara te maunga rongo a
Tohu raua ko Whiti-rongo-mai

Ahakoa kotahi, na Turahine i horo te moana
Ahakoa iti he rokiroki na Whaka-oti-rangi