KORE MAHI, MANGERE, PUKU KAI.

Toa Takitini, Issue 21, 1 April 1923, Page 10

KORE MAHI, MANGERE, PUKU KAI.

(1) Hohonu kaki, papaku uaua! —Deep throat, shallow sinews! (2) Ka kai kopu, ka iri whata. Kei te uaua te kore.He fills his belly; he puts it away; the sinews are absent (but no wish to work) . (3 Kei te raumali ka kitea e koe te tupu!When summer comes you will then find it by its sprout! (4) E noho tena te au o Waikato hei kawe i a koe. —Sit on, there are the currents of the Waikato to take thee! (5) He hoanga tangata tahi he ngahuru puta —At plant ing time single-handed; at harvest all around. (6) He boa ngahuru, taha ke raumati. (He kupu enei i manaakitia e Te Hapuku).—A friend in harvest, but not in summer. (7) Taringa muhu kai.—Ears on the qui vive for food. 8 ) Pikipiki motumotu, ka hokia he whanaunga.—Constantly returning because he was a relation.