Kaitito
Tīmoti Kāretu
1937 -
I whānau mai ai a Tīmoti Karetu i te tau 1937, he uri ia nō Ngāi Tūhoe rāua ko Ngāti Kahungunu. He mātanga ia o te reo Māori, he tohunga tito waiata, he tohunga hoki ia ki ngā waiata me ngā haka a tāua, a te Māori. Ka mutu, e mōhiotia whānuitia ana ia ki ngā tōpito o te ao mō tāna whakapeto ngoi ki te whakarauora i te reo Māori.
Ngā waiata a te kaitito
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Whakaipuipu
Whakaipuipu mai rā te moana kei waho e
haere tonu
E āki kau ana ki Te Toka-namu-a-Mihi-marino
Ki uta rā, ki Pākirikiri e
Ko te rite o te wai kei aku... -
E nanawe ake ana i ahau
E nanawe ake ana i ahau
haere tonu
Te aroha, te mamae, te pōuri
Ki te ngako, ki te matū
O te ao Māori
5 E ngaro nei, e ngaro nei
Ki... -
E noho ana
E noho ana i te ranga māheuheu
haere tonu
Ka titiro whakarunga ki ngā whetū o te rangi
Āritarita noa , āritarita noa
Engari tē riro mai ki te kapu...
Aue! Taukuri!
Ngā Kupu
Aue! taukuri aku taumata kōrero
Aue! taukuri aku taumata kōrero
Ka kai atu rā aku mata ki te mokopuna
a te motu
5 Te mauri i pōtaea, Te Ata-i-rangi-kaahu
Ki te tihi tapu e moe nei ngā rangatira
Ki te wai tipua e rere nei
Ka tau mai ai ki runga o Tūrangawaewae
Tiro atu ki te huinga tangata
10 Ka kimi kau ake i ngā kākā waha nui,
I ngā puna mātauranga o te ao tawhito
Ka kimi, ka kimi tē kitea
I roto i te ngahurutanga o ngā tau
Pau puku ana rātou ki te pō
15 Papā te whatitiri,
Hikohiko te uira
Ka horo ngā tihi maunga
Ka haruru te whenua
Koinei rā ō rātou tohu i te haerenga
20 Mōwai ana te whenua e takoto nei
Āe, e tātou mā, te mūrau a te tini
Te wenerau a te mano
E noho ana tātou i te raru, i te pani
Nō reira, whītikiria te hope ki te maurea whiritoi
25 Nanaiore ki te aka matua
Kia puritia te aho wānanga
Hei kawe i te kura huna
Hei kupu taurangi ki muri nei,
'He kākano rangatira
30 E kore e ngaro'
Hei!
NgÄ whakamÄrama
Ko tēnei waiata ā-ringa i titoa hei mihi mā ngā akonga o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato ki a Te Ata-i-rangi-kaahu me tōna iwi i te hui whakanui i tōna whakawahinga i te tau 1982.