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This ancient chant was once used by sentries patrolling the dawn terraces of a fortified pa. In this sesquicentennial year I would like to invoke it at the dawning of a new era, the next 150 years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi of 6 February 1840.
Kia hiwa ra! Kia hiwa ra! Kia hiwa ra i tenei tuku!
Kia hiwa ra i tera tuku! Kia hiwa ra! Kia hiwa ra!
Be alert! Be watchful! Be alert on this terrace!
Be alert on that terrace! Be wakeful! Be watchful!
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© 1991 Ramesh Chandra Thakur
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Ihimaera, W. (1991). The Long Dark Tea-time of the South. In: Thakur, R. (eds) The South Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12519-7_9
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