Waiata 2
WAIRUA TAPU
Wairua tapu tau mai rä
Wairua tapu mai runga
Uhia mai ngä taonga pai,
homai tö aroha.
Wähia, kia tika
akona mai rä kia ü ki te pai.
Horoia, kia mau tonu rä
möhou te tino kororia.
Alight holy spirit/come to rest
holy spirit from above
cover all we hold dear,
give us your love.
Lay us down (as firewood), so all is right
teaching us to hold firmly to the right.
Wash/clean us, so that we may keep holding
yours is the true glory.
UNUHIA TE RITO
Unuhia te rito o te harakeke
Kei hea ra te komako e ko
Ki mai ki ahau nei
He aha te mea nui o tenei ao?
Maku e ki atu nei
He tangata he tangata he tangata
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Pull out the first shoots of the flax.
Where is the bellbird to go to?
So if I was asked
What is the most important thing of this world.
I would reply
It is people, people, people.
WHAKATAUKI
Unuhia te rito o te harakeke
Kei hea te komako e ko Whakatairangitia.
Rere ki uta, rere ki tai.
Nau e ki mai He aha te mea nui,
Maku e ki atu "He tangata He tangata He tangata"
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If you remove the centre of the flax bush
there will be nowhere for the bellbird to reside.
They will go here, there and everywhere.
So if I was asked, "What is the most important thing?",
I would reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people".
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MA TE KAHUKURA
Ma te Kahukura ka rere te manu
Ka rere koe
rere runga rawa ra e
Kia tae atu koe ki te taumata
Whakatau mai ra e
Mau ana taku aroha
Whai ake i nga whetu
Rere to tika rere pai
Rere runga rawa ra e