There is a Traditional Maori Folk Song – an actual folk song, not a “Flight of the Conchords” style folk song – called “Terina”. The lyrics are:
Terina, aue Terina
Tipe e rea
Terina e
Kaya e huri ke
Ko koe rä
Taku nei raukura
Ma tau a-roha
E rau o taku
Tïtapa e.
This song has been recorded many times, often by Sir Howard Morrison. It appears on CD collections of traditional Maori songs. And it takes its tune directly from the closing theme song to Stingray.
(Yes, that Stingray. The one with the submarine. Anything can happen in the next half hour!)
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Rumsfeld always got snark for his “unknown unknowns” comment, but I thought it was one of the few things he said that made sense. And yet, even though I didn’t stand firm in Rumsfeld’s defence over that comment, I somehow still manage to sleep through the night. How mysterious.