Kaore te po nei mōrikarika noa

Alas for this unhappy night!
Waking to the world I search about in vain.
The first mana is the Treaty of Waitangi,
The second mana is the Land Court,
The third mana is the Separate Mana;
Hence the Rohe Potae o Tuhoe
And peace made with Ngati Awa
It would indeed be an evil thing
To abandon the mana of the Maori
If I took part in the law of the Council
Two things I would do
Building roads and building streets
Yonder the mist hangs over Wellington
The home of the Minister
I think that the board will come
To live in this land of Kotitia
And pain strikes my heart-string
All my people rise up
See the evil of my deeds
I say to you "Remain, remain on your land"
It is from former ages, from your ancestors because my heart has searched out the Law
For this reason I abhor selling
Hii - Why sell!

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