1300s Te Matuku i Hea? - Where's the bittern? 

1400s Toi Tu Te Hoe - steering Aotea to Aotearoa.

1400s He Tangi te Kiwi  - waka portaging chant.

1500s Ruia, Ruia - godwits returning. 

1600s 1st Kīkiki Kākaka  - marriage chant

1600s Po! Po!  - kumara origins. 

1600s Taku Toki - Arahura greenstone axe. 

1600s? He Potiki Mo Wharaurangi  - lullaby for Te Ati Hau children

1600s? Turou Whakataha - psychotherapy

1600s? He Hara Wa Te Manu? - role-play therapy 

1720  1st Pinepine te Kura  - curing deficiency disease 

1810  2nd Kīkiki Kākaka - Te Rauparaha hides. 

1815  Te Tai o Kawhia -  teenager farewells his idyllic home

1820  3rd Kīkiki Kokoko   - Te Rauparaha tries to defend Kawhia

1821  Te Tai o Honipaka  - Te Rauparaha farewells Kawhia

1820s 1st Takoto Rawa Iho - Revenge our decimated war party!

1820s Kaore te Aroha Mohukihuki  - lust for another's husband. 

1820s Kaore te Aroha e Huri - longing for her iwi, far away. 

1830s E Timu Ra Koe - a victim of Tb. 

1840s Te Ngahuru's Lament - for his wrecked waka taua.

1850s Taku Rakau E  - lonely widow of Tuhoe warrior 

1864  E Pa To Hau - a lament for stolen land. 

1870  Engari Te Tītī - an old lady is left behind beside Lake Waikaremoana. 

1871 Kaore Hoki Te Mānukanuka  - Te Kooti - "Unite to protect land!" 

1881 2nd Kaore Hoki Te Mānu...     Te Kooti - "Stop Pakeha land theft! 

1884  2nd Takoto Rawa Iho            Te Kooti - "Peace; not revenge"

1890  2nd Pinepine te Kura           - Te Kooti denounces betrayers. 

1896  2nd Kaore Te Aroha Mo...     - protest to Prime Minister. 

EXPLORE MORE OLD MOTEĀTEA, LEGENDS AND HISTORY

1853 Grey's 'Ko Nga Moteatea  - ancestor chants

1854 Grey's 'Ko Nga Mahinga' - ancestor stories

1870s White's 'Ancient History'  - stories, songs. 

1959  Ngata's 'Nga Moteatea'    - alphabetical index 

2008  Roa's 'Formulaic Patterning of Moteatea'

2009  Ka Mate: its origins, development & significance