He Wai

• Ngoi Pēwhairangi,

  Mahara

           Mahara e kai kinikini nei
           Tango hotuhotu ana rā
           Mōhou e te tau

           Tiro noa ahau mokemoke ana rā
  5       Pā mai ana ko te pouri nui
       ...

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• Kīngi Kiriona,

  Te Harihari Kōrero

  He whakautu tāunu tēnei poi, engari anō te rangi me tōna wairua, he ngahau, he hīanga, he whakanene.  Te kaupapa ia, he whakaohiti i te kino o te waha rere, o te harihari...

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Nau mai ki a Tāmata Toiere

He pātaka waiata, he pātaka haka a Tāmata Toiere e mau ana i ngā tikanga, i ngā āhuatanga a Tāne-rore, a te Rēhia hoki. Ko te pūtake o te pākata nei kia whakarauika katoa ngā kōrero e pā ana ki ngā titonga a te Māori arā; ngā kupu, tētahi whakapākehātanga o ngā kupu, ētahi whakamahuki mō te horopaki o te waiata me te take i tito ai te waiata rā, ētahi kōrero mō te kaitito, tētahi pāohotanga, tētahi kōnae whakaata o te waiata, ētahi whakaahua e hāngai ana ki te waiata, me tētahi rārangi rauemi hei āwhina i te tangata e hiahia ana ki te rangahau tonu i te waiata.