Kaea
Rere rere ripo ana e
Katoa
Te wai tuku kiri
Te wai tipua
Te kare maioha e rere nei
Ko koe te wai oraka
mo to iwi
Rere rere ripo ana e (x2)
Rippling, flowing, swirling around
Your waters lap upon shores of ancestral land
The waters, challenging waters!
Beckoning voices, whistle, whisper, ripple over ripple
You are the life source for your people [Waihora!]
Rippling, flowing, swirling around
Nau mai Haere mai
Nau mai Haere mai
Tihei Mauri Ora
Tena ra koutou kato-------a----
No te reo Powhiri
Ki nga Manuhiri
Kua eke mai ra
E nga ra tenei kura
Ko te karanga tenei Kura
Haere Mai
Welcome
Welcome
Let there be life!
Greetings to you all
We welcome you
Our guests
Who have just arrived
To our school
We call you to our school
Welcome
He hōnore, he korōria
Maungārongo ki te whenua
Whakaaro pai e
Kingā tangata katoa
Ake ake, ake ake
Āmine
Te Atua, te piringa,
Toku oranga
Honour, glory and
peace to the land
May good thoughts come
to all men
for ever and ever, for ever and ever.
Amen.
The Lord is the refuge
and my life.
Ko te aroha anō he wai,
e pupu ake ana,
he awa he mapuna mai ana,
i roto i te whatumanawa
(repeat)
Ko tona matapuna hehohonu, a ina ia ka rere ano
(repeat)
He taitimu, he taipari, he tai ope, he tai roa,
He tainui x3
Love is like water
continually bubbling up
a spring that will keep flowing
from within your soul.
Its source is deep within, it has a soothing effect
an ebb tide, an incoming tide, a forceful tide, a long-lasting tide
a full tide.
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 atākura he tio,
he huka, he hauhunga.
Tehei, tehei mauri ora
Get ready for the westerly
and be prepared for the southerly.
It will be icy cold inland,
and icy cold on the shore.
May the dawn rise red-tipped on ice, on snow, on frost.