Karakia Whakatimatanga 

(to start a hui or day)

Whakataka te hau ki te uru.

Cease the winds from the west.

Whakataka te hau ki te tonga.

Cease the winds from the south.

Kia mākinakina ki uta.

Let the breeze blow over the land.

Kia mātaratara ki tai.

Let the breeze blow over the ocean.

E hī ake ana te atakura.

Let the red-tipped dawn come with a sharpened air.

He tio, he huka, he hau hū

A touch of frost, a promise of glorious day.

Tihei Mauriora

Behold it is life

Karakia
Whakamutunga 

(to finish a hui or day)

Kia tau te rangimārie

May the peace 

O te Rangi e tū iho nei

Of the sky above

O Papatūānuku e takoto nei

Of the earth below

O te Taiao e awhi nei

And of the all-embracing universe

Ki runga i a tātou katoa

Rest upon us all

Tihei Mauriora

Behold it is life