HE WAIATA TAWHITO, HE WAIATA WAWATA MO TE ATAHUATANGA O TE PAI O TE PUKEROA RANGITIRA O NGATIPAOA. Kaore te whakama, kei te ahi toro, Au, e tahu ana, He wai tarata ra, me patu, kia kakara, Kia ingo mai ai, Ara ko te tau, te wani noa atu ra, Wai e rongo atu; He karere, tuku mai i kitea e au, He pai tangata tonu, Taku nei ano me huri ki te tua, I taku tinana, He rite te pehanga, ko Paratetaitonga, Kei te hukarere, He rakau maroro au, ka hapainga, Te riu ki Hauraki, Kei hori e te ngutu, kei tara e te rau, Mo aki kore, Te pai horahia mai a Te Pukeroa, Ka whakakapua nui, Na te hoa i uta, ki te makau tangata, I taku tinana, Ka hara mai tenei, hei matakitaki, Hei whakautanga rau, i. Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori, by George Grey, p. 202 The Honorable Robert Stokes, 1853, Wellington