Thursday, 6 February 2025

E te Hokowhitu a Tu kia kaha ra

 

E te Hokowhitu a Tu kia kaha ra 

Kati ra te hingahinga ki raro ra

Ma nga whakaaro kei runga rawa

Hei arahi ki te ara

E tika ai

Whirinaki, whirinaki tatou katoa

Kia kotahi ra

Nga marae e tu noa nei

Nga maunga e tu noa nei

Aue ra e tama ma

Te mamae te pouri nui

E patu nei i ahau ina

Oh brave band of Tu be strong

Do not let yourselves be struck down

Let your thoughts be always heavenwards

To guide you along the path

That is the proper one

Depend, depend each upon the other

and

Lonely stands our marae

Lonely stands our mountains

Ah! To you our sons

The pain and the deep sadness

Beating within me so

 


Thursday, 17 October 2024

Tirama Tirama

C                     F             C

Tirama, tirama ngā whetū

F          C         G         C

Kei te pehea rā koutou,

             F    C     G

Kei runga ake rā

C        F         C      G

He taimana tō rite

C                     F             C

Tirama, tirama ngā whetū

F          C         G         C

Kei te pehea rā koutou,


Sunday, 13 October 2024

Karakia

 



Wairua tapu tau mai rā
Wairua tapu mai runga
Uhia mai ngā taonga pai
Homai tō aroha

Wāhia, kia tika
Akona mai rā kia ū ki te pai
Horoia, kia mau tonu rā
Mōhou te tino kororia

Thursday, 22 August 2024

Mōteatea



 He Maimai Aroha tēnei Mōteatea.

Nei au te Pupuri


Kaea: Nei au te pupuri  

i ngā tini mahara e, 

taka ko roto nei

ka māwherangi au e.


Pa mai ki ahau 

whakahia ngongo ai ē, 

mō aku mate tau tini, 

he aroha nei, au e


Sunday, 21 July 2024

Ko te pū



Ko te pū
Te more
Te weu
Te aka
Te rea
Ko te wao nui
Te kune
Te whē
Te kore
Te pō
Ki ngā tangata Māori
Nā Rangi rāua ko Papa
Ko tēnei te tīmatanga o te ao
Ko tēnei te tīmatanga o te ao

Friday, 19 July 2024

Karakia (Tau mai te mauri)

Tau mai te mauri,

Ko te mauri o Rongo,

Te mauri whakaāio,    

Kia wātea te hinengaro,

Kia wātea te ara

Ki Te Toi o ngā Rangi.

Nau mai Tāne-te-Wānanga.

Hui e, tāiki e.

Nau mai Tāne-te-Wānanga.

Hui e, tāiki e.


                   F

Tau mai te mauri,

                    C       

Ko te mauri o Rongo,

                          F

Te mauri whakaāio,

                     G           

Kia wātea te hinengaro,

                  F

Kia wātea te ara

                   C           

Ki Te Toi o ngā Rangi.

                            F         G

Nau mai Tāne-te-Wānanga.

                  C-Am

Hui e, tāiki e.

                            F         G

Nau mai Tāne-te-Wānanga.

                  C

Hui e, tāiki e.


Sunday, 23 June 2024

Pao

E rau rangatira mā

Kua hora te tēpu

Hīkoi mai kei riro te kai i hauhunga e


Monday, 25 March 2024

Maramataka

 Waiata – Maramataka 

Hanuere, Kohi-tātea 

Pepuere, Hui-tanguru 

Maehe, Poutū-te-rangi 

Aperira, Paenga-whā-whā ē 

Haratua, Pipiri, Hōngongoi 

Te Maramataka a timoti ē 

Akuhata, Here-turi-kōkā 

Hepetema, Te Mahuru 

Oketopa, Whiringa-ā-nuku 

Noema, Whiringa-ā-rangi 

Tihema, Hakihea 

Te Maramataka a timoti ē Auē, auē, taukiri ē Marama-rama-rama-taka, auē 

Ā timoti ē Marama-rama-rama-taka, auē Ā timoti ē… Ā timoti ē