i-atea

Updated: February 17, 2025

E hau maru, e maru to oe rai E topara, te Mahana I Ra' i-atea nei! So ran the rhyme of Raiatea: Full of a sweet peace, serene thy sky; Bright are all thy days At Raiatea here. Rai poia or poiri, they say for the gloomy heavens, and rai maemae when threatening, parutu when cloudy, moere if clear; if the clouds presage wind, tutai vi. The sunset is tooa o te ra, and the twilight marumarupo.

Frederick O'Brien - Mystic Isles of the South Seas.