Pounamu Rama Nei

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Pounamu Rama Nei  (1862) 
Ripeka Paia Te Hau

Pōkarekare ai
te pounamu rama nei!
Me aha koa rā, ē,
ngā ture a te iwi!
Tenei ka inumia, kia wawe,
ko te pau,
Te hanga a te kakī
e toro nei ki te rama,
Rama!

'Auaka ahau, e I',
e whakawehia mai.
Tukua te tamara
kia tahu i roto rā,
Ki te kai haurangi nāhau,
e te Kuini;
E kapo noa atu rā
ki runga ki te kaute:
Haute!

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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