NGAHAU

Tōia Mai

by Piri Poutapu

Kaea

(Leader)

Koutou

(All)

Wahine

(Women)

Tane

(Men)

LYRICS

Hui e, tāiki e!

Tōia mai te waka nei

Kūmea mai te waka nei

Ki te takotoranga i takoto ai

Tiriti te mana motuhake

Te tangi a te manu e

Pīpīwharauroa

Kūī kūī kūī!

Whiti, whiti, ora

Hui e, tāiki e!

Haka:

Totoia kumekumea!

I te kokoma, i te kokomako

Ko te Hautapu e rite ki te kainga a Matariki (Pakia!)

Tapa reireia koia tapa

Tapa kononua koia na tupuna

Hi aue hi!

Ko te iwi Maori e ngunguru nei!

I au, au, aue ha hi!

Ko te iwi Maori e ngunguru nei!

I au, au, aue ha hi!

I ahaha!

Ka tu te ihi

Ihi ka tu te wanawana

I runga i te Rangi e

Tu iho nei, tu iho nei

Totoia, kumekumea!

Hi!

Info on Waiata...

This waiata was composed by Piri Poutapu in the 1930's. Tōia Mai is the second verse of a greater song that Piri was inspired to write after being instructed by Te Puea Hērangi in 1936 to construct and carve seven waka taua that represented the people of the seven original waka that came to Aotearoa from Hawaiki during the Great Migration in the mid 1300's.

Piri Poutapu (Tainui, Ngāti Koroki) was born at Maungatautari in 1905 to Pouaka Winikerei and Rangitaau Paraki. He was whangaied to Te Puea Hērangi and aidied her in establishing Tūrangawaewae Marae at Ngāruawāhia in 1921. He was a very skilled carver as well as a good lyricist.

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