Ranginui
Tūkapua
Te Ihorangi
Ua
Roto
Awa
Parewhenua mea
Moana
Nā Roto ko ngongowai
Nā Ngongowai ko Korerewai
Nā Korerewai Ko Hapuawai
Haumie Hui
Taiki e
Ranginui
Tūkapua
Te Ihorangi
Ua
Roto
Awa
Parewhenua mea
Moana
Nā Roto ko ngongowai
Nā Ngongowai ko Korerewai
Nā Korerewai Ko Hapuawai
Haumie Hui
Taiki e
Te Pou Te pou
Te tokotoko i whenuku Te tokotoko i wherangi Tokia Tukia Ko te mumu Ko te awha (Kaea) Ko te mumu Ko te awha Ko te manihi kai ota Takiri panapana Ka rau i runga Ka rau i raro Ka whai tamore i runga, ka whai tamore i raro Tena ko te Pou (kaea) Tena ko te pou Te Pou o Rongo, no Rongo Mauri ora Ka o a e eC C/F Am G/B Dm-E7
E rere ana e i te raki e
Am F C
Whakakopae nei ki Pukekura
C C/F C Am G/B
Ka whakaahuru a Kai te Pahi nei e
Dm-E7 AmToroa Toroa
F C F G C
E rere ana e i te raki e
F G Am
Hokinga mai ki Pukekura
F C F Am A# G7 C
Ka whakaahuru a Kai te Pahi nei e.
CToroa
Albatross Albatross
Soaring across the sky
They nest at Pukekura (Otago Peninsula)
Where Kai te Pahi made their home
Albatross Albatross
Soaring across the sky
Return home to Pukekura
Where Kai te Pahi made their home
Te Kāea - E whakamanawa atu nei
E te pono nihowera Anō te ranea Anō te humi o tahuaroa Hei whakawheti i a takapū, (Taku puku) Tē kīia ai he mākihakiha
Homai to Poho hei piringa
Homai to Kiri kia rongo atu au
Homai te Kupu kia koreroE to e te ra
Ka huri ake taku waka
Hoki ana au
Ki te kainga ruruhau
He kainga raukura
Otira e manako ana au
Mo nga rerehau mai ki te kainga kura
Tuarua nei e
Taku whare e
Taku whare tapere
Taku piringa
Taku whare wananga
Tu whakahirahira
Tu mai koe Tane
Tu tangata hei tunga
Mo nga uri whakatipu
E koia e
Me whakaiti tātou
Ko te reo karanga
Hoatu te aroha
Ko tō tātou hiahia
Kia pai te noho
Ki tēnei kāinga
Te kāinga mahana
Kei te ako au, x2
Kei te ako au i te reo Maori,
Aue.
Ko te reo tenei o nga maunga nei,
O nga awa me nga moana,
He reo tuku iho, mai rano,
Ko te reo tenei o Aotearoa.
Aue
Chorus:
I te ao, i te pō x2 Ka kōrero Māori V1 Ko au, ko koe, ko ia, ko ia, ko tātou x2 E ako ana i te reo Māori, ki konei x2 Mā te huruhuru, te manu ka rere... V2 Ki konei, ki konā, ki korā ki ngā wahi katoa x2 E kimi ana i te mātauranga ō ratou x2 E kore au e ngaro, He kākano i ruia Bridge Kōrero x3 ... māori. Kōrerorero i te wānanga-nanga Pu a takataka pu a whiowhio