Ko te puru o Ngāti Whātua a Tamakihi e mau taiaha ana (i te tau 1847), rāua ko tōna matua a Apihai Te Kawau. E whai ake nei ko te karakia reo tao hei whakawana i te rākau i mua i te haere ki te pakanga:
Tītoko māpuna, huaki rere, Te mangō taha rua, I rere ai te tapuae, I nguha ai te tapuae, I taka toto ai to tapuae, Tēnei hoki te tapuae ka rūmaki Ko tapuae o Tū. Hīkoia te whetū! Hīkoia te marama! Ka rere! ka rere! Ko te atawhaia.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference:
PUBL-0014-56
Hand-coloured lithograph by George French Angas
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
Tāpiritia te tākupu hou