Nā Roka Paora te waiata a ‘Marumaru’, ka kōrero mō ngā tīpuna o Te Whānau-ā-Apanui ka whakamarumaru i ō rātou uri whakaheke. Ka rārangitia ngā marae nui o te iwi. Ko tētahi o ngā marae ko Hikarukutai kei Maraenui, e whakaaturia i te kōwaiwai nei, a ‘Motu – Maraenui – ahiahitanga 2001’.
Marumaru
Marumaru ōku tīpuna i Whakaruru
Tū mai
koutou hei awhi māku, māku hoki hei awhi e
Ko te poupou tuatahi
Ko TE
HARAAWAKA me HIKARUKUTAI
Ko te poupou tuarua
Ko TŪTAWAKE, RONGOMAIHUATAHI,
MATEKITĀTAHI e …
Ko te poupou tuatoru
Ko HINETEKAHU, ko TE EHUTU, ko KAIAIO
me KAHURAUTAO
Ko te poupou tuawha
Ko MARUHAEREMURI, ko PARARAKI,
KAUAETANGOHIA,
NGUNGURUOTERANGI
Ko TE HARAAWAKA noho mai Hāwai
Ko
HIKARUKUTAI noho mai Maraenui
Kei Whitianga a TŪTAWAKE
RONGOMAIHUATAHI noho
mai Ōmāiō
MATEKITATAHI o Ōtūwhare
Ko HINETEKAHU noho mai Waiōrore
Ko TE
EHUTU kei Te Kaha-nui-ā-Tiki
Ko KAIAIO noho mai Maungaroa
Ko KAHURAUTAO kei
Pāhāoa
Ko MARUHAEREMURI kei Wairūrū
Ko PARARAKI noho mai
Raukōkore
KAUAETANGOHIA kei Whangaparāoa
NGUNGURUOTERANGI kei
Pōtaka
Heke mai ki ahau nei e.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference:
B.042750
Oil painting by Stanley Palmer
Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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