Nā Te Tāite i whakaatu ki a au nā tōna tipuna nā Parekahurangi te waiata nei, he tangi nāna ki te tira o ōna tungāne, o ōna autāne, e hoki ana mai i Taupō ki Kapiti, ki Manawatū (M 2007:240). / It was Te Tāite who told me that his ancestor Parekahurangi composed this song, a lament by her for a travelling party of her male siblings and her brothers-in-law who were returning from Taupō to Kapiti and Manawatū.

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