Te Tuhi a Manawatere

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KaititoComposer Taini Drummond

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Kupu

Mā te rāpa ka kitea

  Te Tuhi a Manawatere
  Nō Ngāi Tai te tupuna e
  Te waka, he huruhuru
  Te pōhutukawa i Wairoa
  He tohu, he whakataukī

  Mā te rāpa ka kitea

Te Tuhi 

  Te Tuhi a Manawatere
  Nō Ngāi Tai te tupuna e
  Te waka, he huruhuru
  Te pōhutukawa i Wairoa
  He tohu, he whakataukī

Mā te rā

  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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