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He waiata mō Kāpene Kuki

Nā W.T. Ngata

I te tau 1969 ka whakahaerea e te Tari Reo Irirangi he whakataetae tito waiata hei whakanui i te Rua Rau Tau o te ūnga mai o Kāpene Kuki ki Aotearoa nei. Ko ngā rangi o ngā waiata me rangi Māori tūturu, ā, riro ana i te waiata e whai ake nei te wikitōria.

Ko te wahine nāna i tito te waiata ko Roka Paora o te Whānau-a-Apanui. Tēnā koe, e Roka, nōu te wikitōria, nō tātou katoa te hōnore.

I te mea ko ngā kōrero o tēnei putanga o Te Wharekura e pā ana ki a Kāpene Kuki, e tika ana me tā te waiata a Roka ki konei hei kīnaki mō ā tātou kōrero, ā, hei taonga mō roto i ngā tau.

 

He waiata mō Kāpene Kuki

Kātahi tonu i te pō nei e,
Ehara ko Kāpene Kuki e.
Nā te rua rau tau ka puta koe
te moe, e hika e.
Te tuatahi i kite ai ōku tīpuna o te Tairāwhiti.

Nā Tūranganui i kite tuatahi
Tō kaipuke e rere mai ana e.
Nā te hiawai ka peka koe,
Nā te pōhēhē ka pakū ō pū e,
Ngā matā tuatahi i tū ai ki ōku tīpuna o te Tairāwhiti.

Ka pahure marama ka taha koe
Porourangi ki Tihirau,
Ki Whangaparāoa, te ūnga waka e.
Nā ō matā nā te wehi
Ka rere ōku tīpuna ki uta e.

Ka taha koe i ngā kokinga o Apanui e,
Arā māra kai, te tini tāngata,
Waiho iho te ingoa te Whanga o te Nui.

Ka tau koe ki waho o Te Kaha,
Kua hau kē tō rongo,
Inā ngā waka e whā tekau e,
Ki te tuatahi i kite ai ōku tīpuna o te Tairāwhiti.

Ka titi ō niho ki te kuku o Toka-a-kuku,
Ki te kōura, ki te ngōiro o Te Kaha e.
Hōmai ana he rāpaki mō rātau mā.

E tika ana me whakanui koe i te tau nei e,
Te tuatahi i huri noa i Aotearoa, te Waipounamu.
Kia ora koutou ngā iwi o Tūranga,
ā koutou te rā nui me ngā taonga e,
O te tuatahi i kite ai ō tātou tīpuna o te Tairāwhiti.

Ki runga ^



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