MAORI MEMORIES
MAORI HYMN (Part 2).
'Recorded by J.H.S. for ”Times-Age.”) Shrine of the Kura, treasure rare, The seal of truth in earth and air From Hawaiki’s font; Lord of the city, camp and plain, Lord of the mighty, guard maintain, Hear us, the flax fast smokes amain. O Rangi! Rongo! Tane !Tti! Be with us still, however few. Lord of the Nations, ’twas to thee Our fathers earthed the sacred tree The ever blessed Toi; In thee our tribes were blessed of old, Thy boundless greatness e’er extolled, This remnant, pitying Lord, behold! O Rangi! Rongo! Tane! Tu! • Be with us still, however few. Our twilight burdens. Lord of day. Pierce with a shaft of brightest ray. Shine in our aching hearts; Support us with Thy guiding hand, Teach us to know, to understand Thy power and wisdom, wrought and planned, O Rangi! Rongo! Tane !Tu! Be with us still, however few.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 December 1938, Page 2
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153MAORI MEMORIES Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 December 1938, Page 2
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