TE HIRINGA

He aha te pütake o te takakawe o roto i te iwi

He kai mö te oranga ira-Atua

Nö whea te pütake i ngä mea

i Whakarurua e te tapunga

He aha te mea ka hurupä

He kai mö te wairua angi

He aha te mea hei ärahi

i te hümarie o te tika,

i Te hau o ngä mea katoa

He aha te mea tühonohono

Pükeke me te möhio i te whawhai

He aha i ngoto ai te karanga

He aha mätou i kore ai e meto

He aha i noho tonu ai te mana

Ahakoa i te pëhi, ahakoa i te paowe

No whea te tiaki ki ö mätou moemoea

I take mai te Ao i hea

He aha te pümau i ö mätou ähuatanga

Te tino ätete ki te kino

He aha te mea i tïmata i ö mätou tikanga

E whakaputa ana i te ora

 

He aha te mea o ö mätou whakaaro

E here ana i te koiatanga

He aha mätou e kaha haere ai

Ahakoa rätou i hora ake Te tahumaero tonu

He aha ai, i a koe e tupu ake

Tërä tëtehi hana nö roto

He aha ai, ia wä, ia wä

Tü tonu ake te tautinei

MAURI - the sustenance

What is it in the will of a People

A sustenance of survival truly divine

From where is the reason of those

Guarded by sanctity, halting decline

What is it that which survives

Which nourishes my spirit alive

What is it that which guides

The beauty of justice

The soul of all tides

What is it the bond that determines

The will that fights with knowing

Why is it the calling is strong

Why of essence will we never be gone

Why is it there's still authority

In untenable cultural neglection

From where do our dreams still care

From where does all time unfold

What is it constant in our character

Resisting perpetration

What is it initiated in our culture

That emanates such lifefull expression

(Keep your head high)

What is it of our minds

That affirms us together as one

Why are we increasing

When they try to usurp us from the sun

Why is it as you grow

There's affinity from within it glows

Why is it all the while

We uphold and aroha flows

(Raise it to the sky)