Ngāi Tau Whao

Ko Ngāi Tau Whao tētahi o ngā hapū o Ngāi Te Rangi. Ko Ngāi Te Rangi tonu he iwi nō Tauranga-moana. Ko Mauao te Maunga; ko Ngāiterangi te Iwi; ko Mātaatua te waka; ko Te Rangihouhiri te tangata. 

E papaki tū ana ngā tai ki Mauao
I whakanukunukuhia i whakanekenekehia
I whiua reretia e Hoturoa a Wahinerua ki te wai
Ki tai wīwī ki tai wāwā, ki tai papaki onepū
Ki te whaiao, ki te ao marama
Tīhei, mauri ora!

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