He kohinga moteatea o Ngati Whakaue / na Rawiri Rangitauira, nana i timata; na matou ko tana hoa rangatira, ko ana tamariki i whakaoti.

Includes bibliographical references.

Te rarangi waiata He whakamarama -- Hei kupu karakia -- E tama na tau He tangi mo Te Kuruotemarama, na Tiaki Tomika -- Te atua matakore. He tangi mo Te Matapihi-o-Rehua, na Te Hinu -- Taka ka taka He pokeka hei tangi mate -- Kaore te aroha ki te kororia tapu He waiata tangi, na Enoka Te Kanawa -- Tera koia nga uru whetu He kaioraora, na Tamaku -- Te roa o te po He waiata aroha mo Petera Te Pukuatua, na Rakapa Kahoki -- Te tau e He waiata tangi mo Tutanekai, na Hinemoa -- Tera koia ko tioriori He tuki waka, na Tutanekai Taua Haerehuka -- Ka kii, ka kii He ngeri, na Ngati Ohomairangi -- Takiri mai ko te ata He waiata tangi mo Te Haupapa raua ko Te Ngahuru na Haerehuka -- He aha rawa te hara He waiata tangi mo Tamarangi, na Haerehuka -- Tahuna mai taku kura He waiata tangi mo Tamarangi, na Haerehuka -- Ko wai, ko wai tenei tangata He waiata tangi, na Haerehuka -- E one rere noa He waiata tangi mo Te Oneone, na Haerehuka -- Whakarongo mai ra e tutanekai He tangi mo Ngatomokanga, na Haerehuka -- Uia mai au He kaioraora, na Haerehuka -- E ta uru waho He waiata aroha mo Petera Te Pukuatua, na Rakapa Kahoki -- Te hau no uta He waiata aroha mo Petera Te Pukuatua, na Rakapa Kahoki -- E muri ahiahi ka haramai te aroha He waiata maumahara, na Tongakohu -- E muri ahiahi takoto ki te moenga He waiata whaiaipo, na Tatai Te Waiatua -- Ngongotaha maunga He pokeka mo Te Wehi-o-te-rangi -- Takoto iho ki taku moenga He tangi mo Taiawhio -- Whakarongo ana maua ko taringa He tangi mo Te Aokapurangi, na Rangiwawahia -- 'Ra te marama He waiata whaiaipo mo Retireti Tapihana -- Rangi waikohu i marewa atu ai He waiata tangi, na Ngati Whakaue io -- He aha ra kei te pukohu He tau taki mate mo Taiwere ma, na Ngati Uenukukopako -- E tama e! He oriori mo Rangiteaorere, na Uenukurauiri -- Toku mokopuna, e whitiki mai He oriori mo Mita, na Te Okai -- Tera te puia ki ohinemutu Ra He waiata aroha -- Whakarongo mai ra He waiata tangi -- Kumea atu ra He waiata tangi mo Te Arakau Te Umu, na Te Rangikauariro -- Takahia atu ra He ngeri mo Te Arawa, na Koro Tenga Rangitauira/Kato Flavell -- Tenei au ka noho He patere taunaha whenua, na Te Hiko-o-te-rangi Hohepa -- Ka patoto atu au ki te whatitoka He pohuatau, na Irirangi Tiakiawa Tahuriorangi -- Ko wai ma koutou He ngeri, na Cathy Dewes -- Ko te tangi ate pie He kaioraora mo nga riri o mua, na Scotty Te Manahau Morrison -- Haere, hoki atu ra e tama He pao poroporoaki ki to titiki, na Cathy Dewes -- Te hiko-o-te-rangi -- He pokeka, na Tenga Rangitauira (mokopuna) -- Meremere i te mapouriki He waiata tangi mo Rawiri Rangitauira, na Paraone Gloyne -- Rewa ake ana a kopu rere ata He apakura mo Rawiri Rangitauira, na Tenga Rangitauira (mokopuna) -- Rarangi rauemi.

The book is a compilation of 40 traditional chants (waiata) from Ngati Whakaue, one of the tribes of the Te Arawa confederation from Rotorua and Maketu. The book follows the same format as Ta Apirana Ngata's Nga Moteatea book series. For each song an explanation is provided including significant landmarks and important ancestors as well as a break of key words from each line of the song. Included also are whakapapa or genealogical detail pertaining to the particular chant. This book is the culmination of many years of research undertaken firstly by our father, the late Rawiri Rangitauira, and then by his wife and kids upon his passing. Te rarangi waiata He whakamarama Hei kupu karakia E tama na tau He tangi mo Te Kuruotemarama, na Tiaki Tomika Te atua matakore. He tangi mo Te Matapihi-o-Rehua, na Te Hinu Taka ka taka He pokeka hei tangi mate Kaore te aroha ki te kororia tapu He waiata tangi, na Enoka Te Kanawa Tera koia nga uru whetu He kaioraora, na Tamaku Te roa o te po He waiata aroha mo Petera Te Pukuatua, na Rakapa Kahoki Te tau e He waiata tangi mo Tutanekai, na Hinemoa.