Sunday, 15 October 2017


He hōnore, he korōria
Maungārongo ki te whenua
Whakaaro pai e
Kingā tangata katoa
Ake ake, ake ake
Āmine
Te Atua, te piringa,
Toku oranga

Sunday, 1 October 2017

New Waiata



E pāpā Waiari,
Taku nei mahi
Taku nei mahi,
He tuku roimata

Chorus: 
Ē aue, ka mate au;
E hine hoki mai rā
Ē aue, ka mate au;
E hine hoki mai rā

2. Māku e kaute
Ō hīkoitanga
Māku e kaute
Ō hīkoitanga
Chorus:
Oh darling, come back to me.
1. O Uncle Waiari,
All I've been doing
All I've been doing
Is shedding tears

Chorus: 
Alas I will die;
Oh darling, return to me
Alas I will die;
Oh darling, return to me

2. I will count
Your footsteps
I will count
Your footsteps
Chorus:




Tīhore mai te rangi
tīhore mai
mao mao mao te ua
whiti mai te rā,
mao mao mao te ua
whiti mai te rā,
E rere te kōtare
ki runga pūwharawhara
ruru parirau
kei mate i te ua,
ruru parirau
kei mate i te ua.
Tīhore mai te rangi . . .e rere e noke
mai i tō pokorua
kai ki i te wai
kai mate i te ua,
kai ki i te wai
kai mate i te ua,
Tīhore mai te rangi
tīhore mai
mao mao mao te ua
whiti mai te rā,
mao mao mao te ua
whiti mai te rā,

e . . . i . . . e . . .
whiti mai te rā

e . . . i . . . e . . .
whiti mai te rā.
       
Clear up Sky
clear up
stop stop stop Rain
come out Sun
stop stop stop Rain
come out Sun.
Fly Kingfisher
up onto the clump of astelia.
Ruffle the rain-drops from your wings
in case you catch a chill.
Ruffle the rain-drops from your wings
in case you catch a chill.Clear up Sky . . .Escape Earthworm
out of your burrow
in case it fills with water
and you drown.
in case it fills with water
and you drown.Clear up Sky
clear up
stop stop stop Rain
come out Sun
stop stop stop Rain
come out Sun.

e . . . i . . . e . . .
Let the Sun shine

e . . . i . . . e . . .
Let the Sun shine

Wednesday, 13 September 2017

Hutia te rito

C G C F
Hutia te rito o te harakeke
C G Kei whea te ko mako e ko
F C Ki mai ki ahau
G He aha te mea nui
C F te mea nui o te nei ao
C G Maku e kii atu kia koe
F C
He tangata, he tangata,


Hutia te rito (boys solo)
Ki mai
Ki au
He aha te mea nui o tenei ao
Maku e ki atu
Ki a koe


He tangata, he tangata

Sunday, 20 August 2017

August 9, 2017 Chantek, one of the world’s most famous apes, had passed away. The male orangutan was among the first apes to learn sign language, could clean his room and even went to college to study. However, he died on Monday at age 39, at Atlanta Zoo. Chantek, who was taught by a trainer who raised him like her own child, was being treated for heart disease. He is one of the oldest male orangutans in North American zoos and was born at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta. He was among a handful of primates who could communicate using American Sign Language.