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No. 56 (September 1966)
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Ki a Kuini Te Ata-i-rangi-kaahu

Kei te mihi atu Te Ao Hou ki a koe me te Kahui Ariki katoa i roto i te Whare o Apakura mo te wehenga atu o to koutou matua me te ariki nui, o Kingi Koriki:—

Hoki mai, e pa, ki te waka ka tukoki:
Waiho ki muri nei ka ru te whenua,
Ka timu nga tai i roto o Waikato.
Taku koara te uira i te rangi,
Whakahoki rua ana i runga o Hakari
Ko te tohu o te mate na, i.

From Song 54 in Nga

Moteaka Part I (1959) Line

16 to line 21.