Te Tuhi a Manawatere

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Kupu

Mā te rāpa ka kitea

Nō Ngāi Tai te tupuna e
Te waka, he huruhuru
Te pōhutukawa i Wairoa
He tohu, he whakataukī
Mā te rāpa ka kitea

Nō Ngāi Tai te tupuna e
Te waka, he huruhuru
Te pōhutukawa i Wairoa
He tohu, he whakataukī
Mā te rāpa ka kitea 
Mā te rāpa ka kitea

Meaning

The mark of Manawatere. Ancestor of Ngāi Tai. Astral travel… waka a feather. Pōhutukawa… Howick (Cockle Bay). A proverb. The mark left on the pōhutukawa tree.

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