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

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Runga, raro, roto waho, waenga, waenganui

Runga, raro, roto waho, waenga, waenganui

Kei hea ra te Atua

Io matua I runga rawa

Kei hea ra te Kaihanga

Kei hea ra

Maui, maatou, mua, muri

Runga, raro, roto waho, waenga, waenganui

Tuesday, 6 February 2024

Karakia kai

 E te Atua

Whakapainga eenei kai

Hei oranga oo maatou tinana

Whangaia hoki oo maatou wairua

Ki te tara o te ora 

Ma Ihu Karaiti mo to maatou Ariki 

Amene 

Thursday, 30 November 2023

All I want for Christmas is you (Mariah Carey)

 


I don't want a lot for Christmas

There is just one thing I need

I don't care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is you


I don't want a lot for Christmas

There is just one thing I need (and I)

Don't care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree

I don't need to hang my stocking there upon the fireplace

Santa Claus won't make me happy with a toy on Christmas Day

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is you

You, baby

Oh, I won't ask for much this Christmas

I won't even wish for snow (and I)

I'm just gonna keep on waiting underneath the mistletoe

I won't make a list and send it to the North Pole for Saint Nick

I won't even stay awake to hear those magic reindeer click

'Cause I just want you here tonight

Holding on to me so tight

What more can I do?

Oh, baby, all I want for Christmas is you

You, baby

Oh-oh, all the lights are shining so brightly everywhere (so brightly, baby)

And the sound of children's laughter fills the air (oh, oh, yeah)

And everyone is singing (oh, yeah)


I hear those sleigh bells ringing

Santa, won't you bring me the one I really need? (Yeah, oh)

Won't you please bring my baby to me?

Oh, I don't want a lot for Christmas

This is all I'm asking for

I just wanna see my baby standing right outside my door

Oh, I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

Oh, baby, all I want for Christmas is you

You, baby

All I want for Christmas is you, baby

All I want for Christmas is you, baby

All I want for Christmas is you, baby

All I want for Christmas (all I really want) is you, baby

All I want (I want) for Christmas (all I really want) is you, baby


Sunday, 19 November 2023

E rere te awa tupua

E rere te awa tupua

Mai i te kāhui maunga ki Tangaroa

Kia whakapiria mai, ko ngā piringā

Hinengakau, Tama ūpoko, Tupoho potiki e

Ko au te awa, Te awa ko au

E rere te awa tupua

Karakia - Te Kura


Te kura e x2

Te kura e huna

Te kura i tipua 

Te kura i tawhito

Te kura e tiki mai i Hawaiiki

Ka whitia te rangi

Ka whitia te nuku

Ka tina

Ka whena

Ki runga ki te whenua

Ki runga ki te tangata

E tau nei

E tau nei

Haumie 

Hui e

Taiki e


Thursday, 14 September 2023

E hoki ana aku mahara

 

E hoki ana aku mahara ki ngā rā o mua

I noho ai te iwi I ngā tahatika o Ōroua

E rere rā I te nuku o te whenua

I te hōkitanga I runga rā o Ruahine

 

E hoki ana aku mahara ki ngā rā o mua

I noho ai te iwi I ngā tahatika o Ōroua

E rere rā I te nuku o te whenua

I tō hōkitanga I runga rā o Ruahine

 

(Chorus)

Te wai kaukau o ngā tupuna

Te wai horoi kaka o ngā kuia

Te ara i haere ai ngā waka o rātou mā

Te wai I kite ai I ngā mahi a te makimaki tamariki

Ko te riripi kōwhatu, te kauhoe, te ruruku,

Ko te korikori ngā mahi tamariki

 

E rere raa i te nuku o te whenua,

I too hokitanga, i runga raa, o Ruahine

 

E tangi ana aku mahara ki ēnei mahi o mua

Kia noho tonu ai i te iwi ki ngā tahatika o Ōroua.

Mōteatea - Taku whare ahuru

 Taku whare ahuru

i te ao o te rangi

i te tuu Kawakawa

ngaa tihi Ruahine

e mihi e

Tutuki taku wae

ki te ara Aorangi

Whakawhiti Ooroua

te awa tipua

E huri, e piko

E mihi e

Miria taku maui

i te rapa Maniaihu

kotahi ki te toi

i te ara o te kura

e mihi e

Tuupana te haere

Papatahi ki te kuru

Mihia e te iro

o te urunga

Keekeke taku hono

E te ringa whakapapa

E nga rapa

o te whare Kauwhata

E mihi e

Paatata taku noho

Ki ngaa pou o roto

Waanangahia atu

Ki ngaa pou taupua

Ki nga pou taaiko

Ki ngaa pou o te whare

E mihi e

Piki ake piki ake

Ki ngaa heke o te whare

Piki ake piki ake

Ki ngaa koopiko o runga

Ki ngaa ngutu kaakaa

E mihi e

Hiihiko taku iho

i te mauri

o te whare

Hiikaka te manawa

i te pae o te hono

i te pae o Hoturoa

e mihi e