Ko te wawata tērā i ngā tau maha nei, kia whakawhāititia ngā waiata, ngā pātere, ngā karakia Māori; kia uia te tangata, te iwi nāna ia waiata; kia kōrerotia te pūtake i huaina ai, i titoa ai rānei; kia whakamāramatia hoki ētahi o ngā kupu matangarongaro o aua waiata, ngā ingoa tīpuna, ingoa kāinga rānei, parekura rānei, tikanga rānei, atua rānei (M 2004:xv). / It has been an earnest desire for many years to have collected the songs, chants, and Māori ritual chants; to question the person or tribe to which each song belongs; to discuss the reason they were composed; and to also explain the archaic words of those songs, the ancestral names, names of places, or battles, or customs, or atua.

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