Te Akomanga Tekau ma Wha

Thursday, 26 April 2018

Karakia

Manawa mai te mauri nuku
Manawa mai te mauri rangi
Ko te mauri kai au,
he mauri tipua
Ka pakaru mai te po
Tau mai te mauri
Haumi e, hui e, taiki e!

Embrace the life force of the earth
Embrace the life force of the sky
The life force I have gathered is powerful
And shatters all darkness
Come great life force
Join it together, it is done!

Thursday, 22 March 2018

Mihia

Mihia, tangihia nga mate E moe ra ki nga ringa aitua Tenei ra te tangi pouri atu Ki a koutou katoa Haere, haere, moe Kati ra, me huri nga kanohi Ki te ao, ki te ao hurihuri Kimia ko te huarahi tika Kia mau te manu waka Ki runga ra Me whai e tatou te ara O te pono kia tu tangata nei Aua huri ke ki te ara Tiro, kia mau ki nga taonga O nga matua tipuna Kati ra, me huri nga kanohi Ki te ao, ki te ao hurihuri Kimia ko te huarahi tika Kia mau te manu waka Ki runga ra Mihia, tangihia nga mate Hi!

Sunday, 21 January 2018

Waiata tira te maunuhanga mai i Hawaiiki

Waiata tira te maunuhanga mai i Hawaiiki x2

He waka tipua
He waka atua
Te waka Tākitimu e!
Waiatatia te maunuhanga mai i Hawaiki x2

He maiangi nui
He maiangi roa
He maiangi tipua
Whakaea te waka ki runga ki te karemoana. x2

Tū-hikitia rā
Tū-hapainga rā
Tū-whakaeaea e
Rauawatia te waka o Tamatea-Arikinui x2

Tōia mai te waka, utaina mai te waka
Kauria te moana e
Ngā tai porongia
Ngā tai whaka-ruturutu
Ngā tai o Ruamano e

He rei ngā niho
He terenga parāoa
Ko Hine-makehurangi e
Ko Hine Korito
Ko Hine Kōtea, te uru o Paikea e"

Tōia mai te waka, utaina mai te waka
Kauria te moana e
Ngā tai porongia
Ngā tai whaka-ruturutu
Ngā tai o Ruamano e

He rei ngā niho
He terenga parāoa
Ko Hine-makehurangi e
Ko Hine Korito
Ko Hine Kōtea, te uru o Paikea e"

Ko tangata

E tu pa whai ake

Ko Takitimu

E tu pa whai ake

He waka tipua
He waka atua
Te waka Tākitimu e!

This is a "waiata whakahirahira" - literally meaning an "uplifting song". The whole guts of the song talks about praising one of the famous migrating waka (cannoe) that brought some of the first Māori from their ancestral lands of Hawaiki, over to Aotearoa (New Zealand). That waka is of course known as Tākitimu (also known as Tākitumu over in Rarotonga.) It also goes into some detail of particular names that influenced the boat's journey to NZ. Here are the lyrics:

'A surreal canoe
A canoe of great stature
This canoe known as Tākitimu!

[This is] the song about it's departure from Hawaiki''It rises greatly
It rises broadly
It rises unbelievably
Let the boat be complete with the waters-where-it-belongs'

(Maunuhanga refers to the 'drawing out' of something, i.e. boat onto water.)

(Karemoana refers to the sea in a way where there is a close bond to it. Kare = longing, moana = water. So it basically says that Tākitimu had a really good affinity with the water. Whakaea roughly translates to something that's finished/complete/doesn't-need-anything-more.)

(The word "Tū" in this context acts as an amplifier to what follows. Where whakaeaea would mean 'be complete/settled' Tū-hikitia means 'to be absolutely complete.' Hikitia & hāpainga both refer to 'lifting up'. The last line refers to the guy who commanded the boat, Tamatea-Arikinui. Don't ask me what rauawatia means. It's something about the top boards on the hull of the boat - no idea what that is.)

'Row the boat, bring it closer to (NZ's) shore,
As it glides across the sea.
The sharp tides,
The rough tides,
The tides of Ruamano' (the Taniwha that accompanied the canoe)

The first two lines translate as:
'These ivory teeth
[mark the] gathering of whales.'
And the rest of it refer to the names of the whales; descendants of Paikea. (The whales listed also accompanied Tākitimu on its journey.)

Nga mihi o te Tau hou

Monday, 13 November 2017

Haka - Ringa i Puia

Tu tane!
Ringa i puia
E torona o te taua e, hau tonu mai runga o Matawhaura
I a ha ha
Haria mai o tika
Haria mai o kaha kia kite aue ha
I a ha ha
Tenei ano au kei te takahuri
Tenei ano au kei te oreore no hea hei tika
I a ha ha
Hei ti korokoro
Hei ti wahine
Hei ti tangata
I a ha ha
He aha ko au
Me whakapiri ki taha tete
Me whakapiri ki taha komako
Tu tu ai
Aue ngere ake
Ana, ana, aue hi!

Pinepine te kura

Pinepine te kura, hau te kura

Whanake te kura raro i Awarua

Ko te kura nui, ko te kura roa

Ko te kura o tawhiti nā Tuhaepo

Tēnei te tira hou, tēnei haramai nei

Ko Te Umurangi nā Te Whatuiapiti

Nau mai e tama ki te taiao nei

Kia whakangungu-a koe ki te kahikatoa

Ki te tū-matakuru, ki te taraongaonga

Ngā tairo rā e nāhau e Kupe

I waiho i te ao nei

Piki ake, kake ake i te toi huarewa

Te ara o Tawhaki, i piki ai ki runga

I rokohina atu ra, Maikuku-Makaka

Hapai-o-maui he waha i pa mai

Taku wahine purotu! Taku tane purotu!

Korua ko te tau e

Sunday, 12 November 2017

Karakia - Tapatapa tu!

Tapatapatu ki te Rangi
Whaka ea ea kau ana!
Kei runga i te Kooti Pu!
Kei raro i te Kooti Hono!
Kei kona koutou!
Mihi mai! Tangi mai ai!
Ka mau te hono!
Whiti-tua! Whiti-ara!
Ranea te Rangi-e-tu-iho nei!
Te Papa-e-takoto nei!
Nga Tuupuna-a-whare e tu-tu nei!
E pupuri nei nga ihi, tapu, mana!
O Tawhito-nuku!
O Tawhito-rangi!
O koutou Manawa!
Ki o matou Manawa!
Ko Tane! Ka irihia!
Whano, Whano
Ara mai te Toki!
Haumie! Hui e! Taiki e!

Tapatapatū ki te Rangi:
Here I stand on the edge of the universe!
To be in awe of the Galaxies and Solar systems!
I am above the Sacred-cloak of Spirituality!
I am below the Sacred-cloak of Unity!
There you all are! Greet us! Share the tears of sorrow!
Let us be united!
Beyond! Beyond the threshold!
There! To the Universe that stands before us!
Here! To Papatūānuku that lay before us!
The Tuupuna-a- whare that are before us!
That uphold the, Essence, Sacredness, and Prestigement!
Of the teachings of the ancient-world!
Of the teachings of the spiritual-world!
Of the teachings of your hearts!
To the souls of our hearts!
Tane the suspender!
To go! To proceed!
To the pathway of the adze of Tū!
To join! Gather together! In unity!