Ka Pioioi
Nga Waka E Whitu
This waiata recalls the voyage of the "Great Fleet" or the whitu waka that brought Maori to Aotearoa.
Tainui - Waikato tribes /central north island
Te Arawa - Te Arawa tribes / Rotorua
Mataatua - Eastern Bay of plenty tribes (Cook Islands geneologies have "Te Mata Atua - face of the god").
Tokomaru - Taranaki tribes / west coast, north island
Takitimu - East Coast tribes / north island (Cook Islands refer to Takitumu and have it as a district)
Kurahaupo - northern and some western tribes
Aotea - Taranaki / West Coast."
Te Arawa - Te Arawa tribes / Rotorua
Mataatua - Eastern Bay of plenty tribes (Cook Islands geneologies have "Te Mata Atua - face of the god").
Tokomaru - Taranaki tribes / west coast, north island
Takitimu - East Coast tribes / north island (Cook Islands refer to Takitumu and have it as a district)
Kurahaupo - northern and some western tribes
Aotea - Taranaki / West Coast."
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Nga waka e whitue tau nei
Hoea hoea ra
Tainui, Te Arawa, Matatua,
Hoea hoea ra
Kurahaupo, Tokomaru, Takitumu
Me Aotea ra,
Nga waka enei
E hoea mai
E o tatou tupuna
Tainui! Hoea! Te Arawa! Hoea! Matatua! Hoea! Kurahaupo! Hoea ra!
Tokomaru! Hoea! Takitumu! Hoea! Aotea! Hoea!
Nga waka e whitu...
Hoea Ki Te Ra, Ha Ra Hei
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