Taku tūātea ka whati i te āheu
Papaki tū ana ngā tai ki te Onetapu
O Motunamata
O Motunamata

I hea au
I te uranga mai
O te ahi papakura
Hōmai te waiora,
Haumanu, hauora

Kia manawatītī
Kia manawatītī
He manapou, he manatawa, he manawa whenua
He

Ka tākina te kawa ko te kawa nui ko te kawa roa
Ko te kawa ora i ahu mai nō Hinamarama
Hina whanake
Hina roroku
Hina tīahoaho
Hina kukume
Hina whakamautai
Hina whakamau kare ā roto
Hōmai tō manawaora
Hei oranga mō te whenua
Hei oranga mo te tangata
Hei

hiwa, hiwa, hiwa, hiwa

I wanna send my wishes up to hiwa-I-te-rangi
She is bright she is shiny
She a star of matariki

Plant me in the ground facing hiwa-I-te-rangi
Cite the prayers giving thanks
She all-knowing matariki

homai he tauira
homai he tau ranea

e inoi atu ana mātou ki a koe
e te kaiwhakamārie i ō mātou mamae

inoi mō mātou, inoi mō mātou
a ia tonu nei, a ia tonu nei
a i te hāora, a i te hāora e hemo ai mātou

kua mene ki te mate ō mātou mātua
manaakitia e koe mātou ngā morehu

inoi mō mātou, inoi mō mātou

ka hura tangata uta te tiaki ki tangata tai
ka hura tangata tai te tiaki ki tangata uta
te korepe nui te korepe roa
te wahiawa te totoe awa
whakamoe ko tū ko rongo ko te awa me ko wai
kauraka tama e puritia, tukuna atu a tama kia puta ki waho i te tāwhangawhanga he putanga ar

whakataka te hau ki te uru
whakataka te hau ki te tonga
kia mākinakina ki uta
kia mātaratara ki tai
e hī ake ana te atakura
he tio, he huka, he hauhū
tihei mauri ora!

he honore
he kororia
he maungarono ki te whenua
he whakaaro pai ki nga tangata katoa
he honore
he honore
he kororia
he maungarongo ki te whenua
he whakaaro pai ki nga tangata katoa
ake
ake
amene

karanga ake au
kia tū tahi tonu
tangi ana atu rā
ki te whare teina
mihimihi atu ana e
ki te whare kaitū
ki te whare kaitā
ki te whare kairangi ē

pōmārie pō aroha
kei te moe ngā tāngata
e titiro atu ana a maria me hōhepa
ki te kaiwhakaora
ki a heh

Noho puku āio
Tukuna te aroha
Hōngia te hā ora
Tīhei Mauri Ora
Taketakea mo tōna tōrere
Mō Hineahuone

Mai i Kurawaka
Te Awa Atua
Mai i Kurawaka
Te Whakapapa (Whakapapa)
Mai i Kurawaka
Waiwhero, Waikura
Mai i Kurawaka
Te tīmatanga, te mutunga,

mā te atua tātou e arohatia e
kaua e maukinotia, e maharahara
i whānau mai te ariki
hei muru ngā hara e

kia mahorahora, te harikoa e
harikoa e
kia mahora, te harikoa e

nō te tikitiki o ngā rangi tūhāhā
te tono nui nei
he anahera, te omeka
hikitia rā

matariki i te pō
tihāngaia i te pō
he tauira i te pō
i nā rā, e ara, matariki e

matariki i te pō
tīaho mai i te pō
te karere o te ao
haehae mai rā i te pō
e ōkiōki ana
matariki ki te whenua

matariki i te ao, matariki i te ao
te kanapu i te ao, te k

pūkeri pūkeri pūkeri pūkerikeri
hau maiangi maiangi maiangi maiangiangi
pūkeri pūkeri pūkeri pūkerikeri
hau maiangi maiangi maiangiangi e (tāwhirimātea)
pūkeri pūkeri pūkeri pūkerikeri
hau maiangi maiangi maiangi maiangiangi (tāwhirimātea)
pūkeri pūkeri pūkeri pūkerikeri<

Tangaroa (Tangaroa)
Tangaroa (Tangaroa)
Tangaroa (Tangaroa)
Tangaroa (Tangaroa)

Ā mua (ā mua)
Ā roto (ā roto)
Tangaroa
Whakapau (whakapau)
Whāriki (kiokio)

Hihiko ai te nekeneke
O te tangata i te pō (i te ao, i te ata pō)
I te kaunenehutanga
Ka

Ariari mai e hika mā
Ariari mai e hika mā
Ariari mai e hika mā
Noho ngāwari noa
Kua hunaia ngā mea katoa
Kei muri te awe māpara
Ariari mai e hika mā
Noho ngāwari noa

Tū te wehiwehi
Tū te wana, hī!

Kai te hautipua te āhua
Ō ngā Atua, Atua
Ariari

māturuturu ana ō roimata
ohomairangi e
ki runga i ahau
e oho ake ai
i taku moe, e moe, e moe
kore kiko
i taku moe, e moe, e moe
pēhi wairua

kia noho ake au
i tōku maunga
titiro ki raro
ki rotorua-nui-ā-kahu e

whakawhanaunga ake ai
i a tātou

mate ana te tangata ka tīmata tōna hāere i te ara wairua
ki te pōhutukawa tawhito e tū tonu mai rā i te rerenga wairua
ka heke i reira mā te aka o te rākau
kei raro o te aka ko te aka roa ko te aka maroke
ko te aka maroke o te pōhutukawa kāore nei e tae ki te moana
ko mauriān

pōmārie
pōmārie
pōmārie
pōmārie

pōmārie waewae mā
te mihi nui mōu
te harihari i ahau i tēnei rā
ka mihi mai hei tokotoko waewae i aku turi
te whakataka nei
te pekepeke te mahi, āpōpō

kei amuamu mai e puku
me waiho mō āpōpō
kia tau ngāwari koe

tiaho mai rā te marama, i te pō
kanapa ana te ngākau, e ipo
tīrama ana ngā whetū, i te pō
mōu nei anō kua hēmanawa, e ipo
māku koe e awhi e, i te pō
māku koe e whai ake, e ipo
kia noho pūmau tonu, i te pō
kia pūmau tō mau, e ipo

i te ata pō
noho pōuri
ng

Do ya hear the tui call, the huia in the trees
A conscious thing I do, sweet sound may you never seize
Do ya feel my body burn whenever you are near
A thing I do, a fool for you will I ever learn?

I hear voices it’s summer calling
No more lone, no more lone, no more lonelin

Repeat repeat offender
Through the generations
Who the hell are we supposed to blame?
My people are the ones who suffer
Repeat repeat offender
Through the generations
Like zombies we conform to foreign laws
Society's the one to blame blame blame blame
Blame