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Tira Putu nō Ngāti Raukawa.
Ka kōrero tonu a Tira Putu, he mōrehu koroua o Ngāti Raukawa.
Tuatahi, ka kōrero ia mō te whakarārangi i ngā kaikōrero e pā ana ki te tangata whenua, ā, mō ngā wāhine hoki. I mua, he tohunga mō te whakapapa kei roto i te iwi. Ka kōwhiringa ngā tāngata tika ki te kōrero – e noho ana ngā pūkōrero i te pae. Kāore e whakaaengia ngā taurekareka kia tū, ko ngā rangatira anake.
E noho ana te puni wāhine, he waiata te mahi, he kawe i ngā waiata. Ehara i te mea ko te waiata anake te kaupapa a ngā wāhine, he maioha hoki ki ngā mea haere mai.
E rāpopoto ana i ngā mate. Kei a ia hoki te puna o te roimata.
Waiata: E kui mā, e koro mā, kāore nei aku mahara.
Ngāpuhi, ngā wāhine rangatira o te motu.
Te Āputa ki Wairau, ko te kuini tēna o Ngāti Raukawa. I tōna tangihanga i tū tōna hoa a Hinekatorangi i runga i te marae o Poutū, whenua o Ngāti Whakatere. I tīmata tōna hoa ko Hinekatorangi, ki te tangi, ki te whaikōrero ki a ia. Ka mea atu a Taite Te Tomo ‘tau ki raro” e kore ia e whakarongo. Ka tūwhera ngā waewae. E kore rawa ia e aro atu.