Kaitito
Kīngi Kiriona
Kua hau ngā rongo o Kingi Kiriona (nō Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Apa) mō āna titonga waiata, mo āna mahi whaikōrero me āna mahi a Rēhia anō hoki. I puta tuatahi ai tōna rongonui i te wā e kuraina tonutia ana ia, ka eke ia ki ngā taumata whakaihuwaka o ngā whakataetae Manu Kōrero mō te wāhanga reo Māori me te wāhanga reo Pākeha. Ko taua momo rā i kawea atu e ia ki ngā whakataetae kapa haka ā-rohe tatū atu ki Te Matatini.
Ngā waiata a te kaitito
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E Te Pouaka Whakaata Māori
E Te Pouaka Whakaata Māori!
Kāore koa taku hōhā
Te kūhīhī nei i roto i ahau
Ka ngau ki taku puku, a haha!5...
haere tonu -
Te Harihari Kōrero
Kua rongo rānei koe?
haere tonu
Kua wehe atu tana wahine
Kei te mahi tarau makere
Kua rongo rānei koe?
5 A... -
Te Piki Tūranga
Tērā koia ko Okewa
Te parekawakawa ki a Taupiri
Haea iho nei e te ata
Mōhou e taku Arikinui5...
haere tonu
E Te Pouaka Whakaata Māori
Ngā Kupu
E Te Pouaka Whakaata Māori!
Kāore koa taku hōhā
Te kūhīhī nei i roto i ahau
Ka ngau ki taku puku, a haha!
5 Kīia mai nei koe ko Whakaata Māori
Engari huri kē ana, kua Pākehā kē ngā whakaaro
Te atawhai nei ki te tūraki, ki te haehae
Ki te patu i te Māori ki raro
Ki te pūranga paru, a haha!
10 Hōhonu kakī, tē ngata te hiahia
Auē taukuri e!
Torona kei waho! Kei waho kei te rau mamao, hi!
Tahi ka riri, toru ka whā!
Homai ō kupu mō Awanuiārangi
15 Kia wetewetea! Wetewetea!
Ara tū, ara tē, ara tau!
Tahi ka riri, toru ka whā!
Homai ō kupu mō Te Kōhanga Reo
Kia wetewetea! Wetewetea!
20 Ara tū, ara tē, ara tau!
Tahi ka riri, toru ka whā!
Homai ō kupu mō taku Kīngi, mō tana whānau
Mō tana tama a Korotangi kia wetewetea!
Wetewetea! Ara tū, ara tē, ara tau hā!
25 Kīia mai nei koe, nā tātou!
Kīia mai nei koe, mā tātou!
Kīia mai nei koe, mō tātou!
E hawa, e hawa!
E Te Pouaka Whakaata Māori!
30 Noho tonu koe i roto i te pouaka!
He pouaka whakaata te pouaka!
He pouaka makariri te pouaka!
Puta mai koe i te pouaka!
Inā riwha kore, pouakatia!
35 Inā riwha kore, taupokihia!
Inā riwha kore, tāpukengia!
Kia tupuria e te tupu hōu
Hōu, hōu, hōu ake nei!
Ara tū, ara tē, ara tau!
40 Whakawetohia, hi!
NgÄ whakamÄrama
He kupu ueue, he kupu patou, he whakatara ki a Whakaata Māori kia mutu te whaiwhai i tā te Pākehā titiro ki ngā take Māori. He whakatītina hoki kia kimihia mai te ara o te tikanga e Māori ai tāna noho, kia ea ai te kōrero ‘nā tātou, mā tātou, mō tātou’.