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Ngā Mate o te Tau
05:19
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Ao, pō, nā wai tēnei ara e
I pūare nuitia i tēnei o ngā tau
Te mūrau a te tini
Te wenerau aue
He rā tōwenewene
Nō reira, ngā mate o te tau
Haere rā ki Hawaiki pāmamao
Waiho mai ō kupu hei ōhaaki
Mō te iwi pani e tangi nei.
Me huri noa ngā mihi
ki Muriwhenua
ki te tāhuna te manu
nā te hiku te motu e rere ai
Nō reira, e Matiu haere rā!
Ki Hawaiki nui roa pāmamao
Waiho mai ō kupu hei ōhaakī
mō te iwi pani e tangi nei.
Maunga Tongariro
Taupō Moana
Ko Kaiwaka i te rangi
He kawau, he aroarotea
Me whakahau i te ata.
Nō reira, e Hepi, haere rā
I te hāhātanga o Pipiri
Waiho mai ō kupu hei ōhaakī
mō te iwi pani e tangi nei.
Whāingaroa ki te whenua i te uru
Karioi te maunga
Tainui Āwhiro ngunguru i te pō
ngunguru i te ao.
Nō reira, Tuaiwa, haere rā
ki Hawaiki nui roa pāmamao
Waiho mai ō kupu hei ōhaakī
mō te iwi pani e tangi nei.
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Rangiātea
03:31
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Tērā (rā) te tohu o te ahi
E mumura ana rā, i runga (o) Ōtaki
Tohu i te mate, tohu i te ora
Kei a tātou, aue, te tikanga
He waka ki uta, Te Rauparaha
Māna te kupu tika e tuku
Tē rūri i a Papatuanuku
Me rūri a Rangi
Hangā he whare karakia mō te iwi e
He kaupapa nui i tukua te motu
I kimihia te tika
I rapua te kupu
O ia maunga huahua
O ia wai kaukau
nā koutou, e te motu, i tū ai a Rangiātea.
E kore e ngaro, he kākano
I ruia i runga rā i Rangiātea
Ngā kupu o ngā mātua tūpuna
Me tuku kia eke
Wairua, mau, mō āke, āke.
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Mauriora
03:50
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Ora, ora kimihia te ora
Ora, ora rapua kia mau.
E te iwi he e tukua atu nei
Me he take kei roto tukua ahau kia āhei
Te hura whakaaro e mai ana i te
ngākau o te tini tangata.
Kua roa tātou e aue ana mō te ngaro o
te reo me ngā tikanga
mō te mahue o te whenau me te
rangatiratanga
Kua mai ki te wā mō te mauriora,
Mauriora!
Tauria me e te Ao Pākehā
tā te Ao Māori me ōna tini hara
te maha o ngā Māori i mauheretia
ngā taumata o te kura kāore i ekengia
ngā māuiui e pā ana ki te momo Māori tangata
Kua hōhā au ki te whakarongo
ki ngā mate o te Māori e mau ai te pō
Kua tae ki te wā kia whiti te rā
Kua tae ki te wā o te mauriora,
Mauriora!
Nō reira, whakatika, matika, maranga maI!
Kaua e whāia te pūhaehae.
He kupu nui kia rangona mō te
kotahitanga o ngā hau e whā.
Whāia rapua te aka matua
kia paiheretia te Ao katoa!
Ko te ora te taonga, ko te ora te whai.
Manako, manako, mana, manako mai!
Mauriora!
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Reo Ora
03:52
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Tēnā koe, kia ora, ngā mihi o te wā
Anei anō, e hoa, te reo o te tonga,
e haere mai ana i te ngākau iti
me te whakaaro nui ki te reo Māori.
He taonga te reo.
Ka tika, ākona tō tātou reo.
Kaua e riro, kei rite ki te moa.
Ko te reo Māori te reo o Aotearoa.
Reo ora, reo ora, reo ora.
Ahakoa pōturi, tere rawa atu rānei
kōrerotia te reo mehemea ka āhei
He kaha nō Te Taura Whiri ki te
whakaoho i te iwi kia ōrite
te pakari o te reo Māori ki te reo Pākehā
Kia aro mai ki tā rātou arā, kia ita.
Ko te reo Māori te reo rangatira rawa
e kī ana ko te mutunga mai o te reka.
Whakataukī, hī!, Kīwaha hī!
Kīrehu, hī! Kapa haka! Mōteatea
Kimihia rangahaua, aue
Rangahau, kimihia aue
E tata mate, e roa taihoa!
Anei anō te ngako o tērā kōrero
Tutukihia tō mahi rahi i nāianei
Kaua e waiho mō ā kō ake nei.
Nō te mea he torutoru noa iho
ō tātou kui, ō tātou koro,
Nō reira, ākona te reo rangatira rawa
te reo tuku iho o ngā tūpuna.
Tōku reo, tōku ohooho
Tōku reo, tōku whakakai mārihi
Tōku reo, tōku māpihi maurea
Tōku reo, tōku mana
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Moe Hurihuri
03:41
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Moe hurihuri taku moe ki te whare
He pō ka taka mai, runga i te rangi
He ringa pā ana, tango kume haere
Kua ngaro koe e hine,
Kua ngaro koe e hine.
Tē au noa taku moe ki te whare
kua kai ahau i a ika wareware
Mānuka noa me he tūkinokino
Are te taringa ki te kapo i ngā rongo
Waewae tau arawhata ki te whare
Tangi patu waea nā pōtiki aweawe
Kua ngaro koe e hine.
Kōhine rere ki ngā rama ki ngā kita
ngāngahu kapokapu ngākau whitawhita
Kanikani ana i te ara i te ura
Pōhēhē noa kua tupu rā te tara.
Tē kite ai i te ao matemate
Tē rongo ai he reo ārahirahi.
Aue, kua ngaro koe e hine.
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