Ka Piki Au

Maori lyrics

Ka piki au piki ake
Piki ake au ki te taumata rā o Marotiri
Ka titiro iho au ki ngā huarahi
I haere ai aku mātua tīpuna
Ki te kimi oranga i ngā takutai a Ruataupare e

Hoatu ai koe
Hoatu ai koe ki te tapa o te tai
E kīa nei e
Ko Tāpātai e

Rokohanga atu rā
Rokohanga atu rā te pupūtanga mai o ngā waiora
Tapahina tonuhia ko te Waipūpū
Whiti atu koe e hika ki te Waihoa e

Te waihotanga mai
Te waihotanga mai a rātou mā
I ngā tohu tauranga
Ko Pōhaitapu ki te Toka-ā-namu
Te whare puni o Tangikūkū e

Ko Waimarino
Ko Waimarino te ūnga mai rā o ngā waka hoe hoe
Hei āhurutanga i ngā hau o te Tonga e
Ka eke Tangaroa eke Panuku
Ka eke Tangaroa i marae eke
Kai atu ō mata ki te Māwhai e
Te marae tāngata o ngā rā o mua
E hura ō kaniho ki Tangoiro
Ka ripo te moana ki Marahea
E mau ō ngutu ki te pewa pāua
Ko te mana tēna
O Tokoroa hei Tokoroa hei
Ka minamina au ki te kai mātai e
Ka heke iho au ki Tāhunaroa
Takahanga waewae nōhau e

Ki ngā rurukutanga
Ki ngā rurukutanga a te Aokauirangi
I whāngai mai ki te kāwai tāngata

Te tohu ki uta
Te tohu ki uta ko te pito o Piuta
Puta atu tō ihu
Ki te wai whakaata e

Ko te Ariuru
Ko Te Ariuru Te Waitakeao
Ko Tawarirangi te wahine tipua
Ko wai ka tohu
Ko wai ka hua
E hiki ō wae ki Ōtairi e

Ki ngā rua koura
Ki ngā rua koura a te Parengaio
Te tohutanga a te Whaitakuta e

Matehia inu koe ko Koutunui
Kei raro tonu iho i Tawhiti a Paoa
Whatinga atu koe
Ka hāhātia mai e

E noho tāua
E noho tāua te karaka tēnei
Terenga mai o te Rāwhiti e

Whakatika e hika
Whakatika e hika ka haere tāua
Ki te hauta noa kia kitea koe
E ngā kōhanga manu e

E kore te tangata
E kore te tangata e hapa te haere
Mehemea he uri
Nā Ruataupare he wahine toa
HĪ HĪ HĀ HĀ HEI