Te āhua nei nā Rangiāmoa o Ngāti Apakura (nō Waikato) i tito te waiata tangi ‘E pā tō hau’. I noho a Ngāti Apakura ki Rangiaowhia, he kāinga tū pārae pātata ki Te Awamutu. Kāore te iwi i kawe ā-riri i te pakanga i Waikato, engari ka pāhuatia tonutia a Rangiaowhia e ngā panewhero. Whai muri i te pakanga i Ōrākau i te tau 1864, ka tutea te iwi i tōna kāinga. Nāwai ka riro ngā whenua te raupatu. Ko te hikipapa tēnā a Ngāti Apakura ki roto o Taupō. I Tītīraupenga ka hoki kōmuri te titiro a Te Wano (he huanga nā Rangiāmoa) ki tōna kāinga tahi. Taro kau atu ka mate ia i Tītīraupenga, ā, ka tanumia ki te ana. I tōna waiata mō tōna tungāne mō Rangiāmoa,ka apakura anō ia ki ngā auheke o tōna iwi. Whakarongo mai ki a ‘E pā tō hau’.
Tuhinga
E pā tō hau he wini raro,
He hōmai aroha
Kia tangi atu au i konei;
He aroha ki te iwi
Ka momotu ki tawhiti ki PaerauKo wai e kite atu?
Kei whea aku hoa i mua rā,
I te tōnuitanga?
Ka haramai tēnei ka tauwehe,
Ka raungaiti au, e.Auē ki ngā pū e kō nei, kia tū, nō reira kāwana, kōrua ko tō hoa wahine me tā tātou tamaiti me raukau, tēnā kōrua, tēnā kōrua, tēnā tātou katoa.
Greetings to your excellencies and to you Raukawa.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
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by Emily Tutaki
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