TAKU KOKA.
*E korerotia ana tetahi rakau kei Inia, Ahakoa kumea e te ra e te rangi Kia tirara noa atu ona manga, Kia toro, kia puawai whakarunga,— Otira konohi tonu kite whakapiko i ona manga Ki tana whenua ano i arohaina e ia, No reira nei tona oranga, i tipu ai, i mahana ai Tona tinana o tona whanautanga mai: Waihoki, ahakoa kumea ketia e nga tini hoa Whangainga kite rongonui, (ina rongonui,) Otira, e toku koka aroha, ka piko tonu te ngakau Ki a koe, i runga i to te aroha koingotanga. Ko te rakau e korerotia i te waiata nei he paniana (banyan tree), kei Inia e tipu ana, ko ona manga piko ai kite whenua, a tipu tonu atu hei tinana ano mo te rakau. Ko tenei te rakau whakaharahara atu i te ao, kua noho ki raro i tona taumarumarutanga te 7,000 hoia, a nui atu i te toru tekau eka o te whenua e kapi ana i a ia. E u tonu ana tona aroha ki tona whaea kite whenua, ahakoa piki whakarunga ka konohi tonu kite hold ki te whenua, waihoki, e tama, e hine, kia aroha, kei wareware koe ki a ia nana nei koe i puta mai ai ki tenei ao, nana nei koe i whakatipu, i whangai; kia ata man i a ia; manaakitia, whakaharia ona ra whakamutunga ; apopo koe aroha ai ina ngaro atu ia i o tirohanga lcanohi, mutu hoki to rongo ki a ia e karanga ana i to ingoa. R. T. M. K.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 26, 1 April 1900, Page 4
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257TAKU KOKA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 26, 1 April 1900, Page 4
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