Rangipōpō he ingoa whaitiri, tōna reo, he paorangi (TP 10/1908:6). / Rangipōpō is a name for thunder and its voice is thunderous noise.
Kīhai i roa kua mao te ua, me te whiti tonu te rā. Kua mōhio mai a Tapuae, me tōna wahine rangatira, mana nui kē atu i a ia, me te iwi noho mai rā, “E, i! Tēnei tata a Taharākau, inā hoki te whaitiri paorangi, me ngā roimata o tōna tipuna, o Rangipōpō-i-runga, e tangi nei ki a ia (JPS 1911:20). / It was not long before the rain had cleared, and the sun shone. Tapuae and his aristocratic wife, who was more important than he was, and the people living there knew, “Ah, Taharākau is near, one can tell that from the resounding thunder and the tears of his ancestress Rangipōpō-i-runga, who is weeping for him.”

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