Ngā Tai-a-Rehua
Ki ngā tūpari o Te Tahaaroa
Ngunguru te pō
Ngunguru te ao
Ko te tai aroha e ngunguru nei
E rere rā tō wairua, e hika
Hoki atu ki ō tūpuna
Ki te okiokinga tāngata
Haere atu ki Muriwhenua
He rā e ara mai anō
Hei kahu toroa
I ngā moehewa a Anamata
Okea ururoatia
Me ko Hotumauea
Inā te whirikoka
Ahakoa ngā taumaha
Okea ururoatia, e
E te mātātahi
He kākano koe i ruia mai rā
I Rangiātea, Hawaiki e
Ngā pungarehu ahi o te hunga kua riro
Whakakakā kia kakati mai anō
Te poutama ki te rangi e tuwhera ake nei
E piki, e kake, takahia rā
Kia pakari tū
Kia pakari ita
Whāia kia ita
Tau hā, hī
Whakawātea of Te Maurea Whiritoi from the Tainui Regional Secondary School Kapa Haka Competition 2023.
Lyrics and Tune composed by Toti & Frankie West, and Pānia Papa.
Sau ia oe lo’u au
La’u pele sili
O le a ta tete’a
ma fa’atofa
O le alofa mo oe
e le uma (e le uma)
Ia fai lea ma vasa
i lo ta va
Tofa la’u pele
Manatua mai lea o ita nei
Maligi o o’u loimata
I le ao ma le po (i le po)
O se mea faigata
o le moe ae mafua i tiga
Aue, lo’u fatu e
nei a pe