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Ko Motatou te maunga.
Motatou is the mountain.
Hikurangi te awa.
Hikurangi is the river.
Ngati Hine te iwi.
Ngati Hine is the tribe.
Te Orewai te hapu.
Te Orewai is the subtribe.
Ko Tau Henare te whare tupuna.
Tau Henare is the house of my ancestors.
Ko Hinemaru te wahine tupuna.
Hinemaru is our ancestress.
Ko Ngatokimatawhaorua te waka.
Ngatokimatawhaorua is the canoe.
Tenei te taha o nga Hoterene (Shortland).
This is the sign of all Hoterene (nee Shortland).
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