Nei Au te Pupuri
Nei au te pupuri i ngā tini mahara e,
taka ko roto nei ka māwherangi au,
pa mai ki ahau whakahiangongo ai ē
mō aku mate tau tini he aroha nei au e
Ka eke ki Wairaka ka tahuri whakamuri,
Kāti ko te aroha te tiapu i Kakepuku
Kia rere arorangi te tihi ki Pirongia
Kei raro koe Toko, taku hoa tungāne
Nāku anō koe i huri ake ki muri
Mōkai te ngākau te whakatau iho
Kia pōruatia e awhi-ā-kiri ana.
Kotahi koa koe i mihia iho ai
Ko taku tau whanaunga nō Toa i te tonga
Nō Mania i te uru, ka pēa tāua.
I ngākau nui ai he mutunga mahi koe.
Kāti au ka hoki ki taku whenua tupu,
Ki te wai koropupū i heria mai nei
I Hawaiki rā anō e Ngātoro-i-rangi
E ōna tuāhine Te Hoata u Te Pupū
E hū rā i Tongariro, ka mahana i taku kiri.
Nā Rangi mai anō nāna i mārena
Ko Pihanga te wahine, ai ua, ai hau,
Ai marangai ki te muri e
Kōkiri!
Tau Mai e Kāpiti
WHAKARONGO MAI
Whakarongo mai
te taringa ki te hau o Tainui
e hau mai nei
Toia Tainui kia tapotu ki te moana
Ma wai e tō mā te whakarongo?
He tarawai nuku
he tarawai rangi
tini a mōnoa
nau mai mau mai rā
e Tane
Ka kau taua kia matakitākina
koe te tini o te tāngata
Nāku koe tiki atu ki te Wao nui o Tane
He Tane Miroi
He Tane Koakoa
He Tane Rangahau
i patua mai ana e
te komuri hau na runga o wāhi
panekeneke ihu o te waka
turuki, turuki
paneke, paneke
ā ka rewa e, kā u
Whangaparaoa
Hauraki
Rakau Mangamanga
Motu Kōkako
Whiwhia
Aukanapanapa
Muriwhenua
hoki i reira ko Tamaki e
He moana nui kei tua ko Tainui ka toia
kahore i paneke te maunga iho ana mau tonu
Whakahuatia te karakia
Ka rewa ki Manukau
rere atu whakatetonga
ka kite i te wai
heke ana mai
ko Waikato
Heoi ano ka kite i te nui o te ika o reira
ko Kawhia
A ka toia Tainui ki uta
Takoto ai!
Ihu o te waka
Turuki, Turuki
Paneke, Paneke
Turuki, Turuki
Paneke, Paneke
Hara mai te toki!
Haumie, Hui e,
Taiki e!
He waiata whakautu kōrero tēnei nā Te Whatanui, he tupuna rongonui a Ngāti Raukawa i heke mai i Maungatautari me Ngāti Tūwharetoa. He waiata whakakahore ki Te Heuheu kei raru ia i ngā kōrero kia hoki a Ngāti Raukawa ki Maungatautari.
Nā Kāti Au i Kōnei tēnei whakamārama.
E pā tō hau he wini raro,
He hōmai aroha
Kia tangi atu au i konei;
He aroha ki te iwi
Ka momotu ki tawhiti ki Paerau
Ko wai e kite atu?
Kei whea aku hoa i mua rā,
I te tōnuitanga?
Ka haramai tēnei ka tauwehe,
Ka raungaiti au, e.
Tirotiro kau au ki marae kāinga, e rā
Kei whea koutou e ngaro nei e te iwi, e rā
Taku aroha ki ngā tai e ngunguru, e rā
E rite mai ki te iwi, e ngunguru noa nei, e rā
Tangihanga: Takoto mai i runga i te atamira, e rā
Ka tōkia tō kiri e te anu mātao, e rā.
Kaea: Kia u
Katoa: Kia u ki uta
Kaea: Kia u
Katoa:Kia u ki tae e
Kaea: Kia u
Katoa: Kia u ki tēnei tauira
Ko te mauri o papa, ko te mauri o rangi
Ko te mauri o tēnei matua iwi
Ko te mauri o tēnei puawaitanga e
Hoturoa te tangata
Ko Hotuhope
Ko Hotumatapu
Mōtai tangata rau
Ko Ue
Rākamamao
Kākati
Tawhao
Tūrongo te matua
Raukawa e !!