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This recording was made by the Māori Purposes Fund Board and the New Zealand Broadcasting Service in Rotorua around 1954.[Speakers, performers and exact date of recording are unknown.]
00.17 - 00.55: He kōrero whakamarama - Ko ahau tenei, ko te tangata e kōrero ana i te hu o Tarawera, ka mate a Tuhourangi, ka mate a Ngāti Taoi. Na reira koinei te tangi mai a Ngāti Taoi i roto o Tauranga e tangi ana kia Ngāti Taoi kua mate i te hu o Tarawera.
00.55 - 04.36: "Tera te auahi ka patua i Tarawera..."
04.41 - 05.07: He kōrero whakamarama - Ko tenei waiata he tangi na tetahi wahine o Ngāti Tuwharetoa ki tana kotiro i riro i a Ngāti Awa. Ka rongo a Tuhourangi, katahi ka haere ki te tiki i te wahine nei ki te hari mai ki konei noho ai. No reira koira te waiata ka hoatu nei ki a koutou.
05.07 - 10.41: "Te kiri o te tau i haere - kahukore..." (See Ngā Moteatea Vol. IV, No. 359, pp 96 -7).
10.55 - 13.53: He kōrero whakamarama - Ko tenei pātere na Hoki (Kahoki?) tenei pātere, no Ngāti Raukawa, mo Tiaia. He wahine rangatira ke mai ano i nga tuara, puta noa ki te tangata. I moe raua ko Te Peehi o Ngāti Whakaue, engari kaare i whai uri. Katahi ka moe ano a Te Peehi i a Te Purewa, ka whai tamariki raua, katahi ka whakakuringia a Tiaia e Te Purewa. Ka tae ia ki te kōrero ki tana papa, katahi ka hoaturia he whakapapa, he tohu koia te wahine rangatira o nga kawai rangatira. Na konei te pātere nei.
13.53 - 14.46: "Te whakama i ahau e whai..."
14.46 - 14.55: Kaati i konei. Katahi ka tikina atu te whakapapa a tana tamahine e ia, ka tikina atu i a Tawhaki ra ano.
14.55 - 15.08: "Ko wai te tupuna ki a Whakakou..."
15.08 - 15.14: Katahi ka tikina atu tetehi o ana whakapapa i roto i nga waka, i tetehi o ana waka, i a Tainui.
15.14 - 15.37: "Hoturoa, Hotuope, Ue, Raka..."
15.37 - 15.45: Ka mutu mai i runga i a Tainui, katahi ka tikina tetehi o ana whakapapa ki runga i a Te Arawa.
15.45 - 17.02: "Me whakamana nga karakia i hara mai i Tapuika..."
17.05 - 17.25: He kōrero whakamarama - Tenei waiata he mihi na to matou tupuna, na Te Tuahu, ki tana tamaiti, i mate ihi noaiho, kaare a ia i whiwhi uri. No reira, katahi ka mihi taku koroua nei, ka whakahua i tana waiata.
17.25 - 19.13: "Arohirohi noa i nga rohu i ahau..."
19.40 - 22.48: He pokeka - "Te marama i te pae kua ora mai..."
22.52 - 23.35: Ko tenei pokeka na nga kuia o Ngāti Whakaue mo Ngāti Whakaue i mate i Maungatautari. Na, ko Ngāti Whakaue i haere ki nga koiwi o Te Wehi-o-te-rangi i Maungatautari, ka kohurutia e nga taharua o Ngāti Raukawa me Waikato. Ko te ope i haere atu nei he taharua ano no Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Whakaue. Ka tae ki reira, ka kohurutia, ka mate. Na, ka puta mai ko Te Rakau, ka tae mai ki te kainga, ka kōrero ki a Ngāti Whakaue. Katahi ka tangi nga kuia. Na, konina te pokeka nei.
23.35 - 24.20: "Ngongotaha maunga, he maunga tohu mate..."
24.26 - 24.42: Tenei waiata he tangi na Whare Kawana ki ana tungane. Tera wahine na Ngāti Rangitihi raua ko Tuhourangi. No reira, ka hoatu nei tana tangi mo ana tungane.
24.42 - 27.36: "Tera te haeata i hikitia ai te ripa..."
27.36 - 29.16: Unidentified waiata - first lines missing.