Tika Tonu

Tika Tonu (Haka)

Leader/Kaea         Ki aro

Kia whakarongo, kia mau!

Everyone/Tātou      Hi!

katoa     

Leader/Kaea          Ringaringa e torōna 

kei waho hoki mai!

Everyone/Tātou      Kss Kss

katoa     

Leader/Kaea          Tika tonu!       

Everyone/Tātou      U - e!      

katoa

Leader/Kaea          Tika tonu!       

Everyone/Tātou      U - e!      

katoa                      Tika tonu atu ki a koe, e tama

Hiki nei koe aku whakaaro, pakia!

He hiki aha to hiki?

He hiki roa to hiki?

I a ha hā!

E tama, te uaua ana

E tama, te mārō

Roa ina hoki ra

Te tohe o te uaua na

E tāu nei.

Āna! Āna! Āna! Aue... Hī!

Pay attention Listen up, take your stance! Hi! Arms outstretched, out          and back! Kss Kss

What is right is always right! In - deed!  What is right is always right! Ah... yes! Be true to yourself, my son! My concerns have been raised about you, so pay attention!What is this problem you are carrying?How long have you been carrying it for?Have you got that? Right, let's go on.

So son, although it may be difficult for you and son, although it seems to be unyielding no matter how long you reflect on it the answer to the problem is here inside you. Indeed! Indeed Indeed! Yes, indeed!

http://folksong.org.nz/tika_tonu/index.html

Whakarongo ake au

Whakarongo rā (kaiārāhi)

Whakarongo ake au

Ki te tangi a te manu

E rere runga rawa e

Tui, tui, tui, tuia

Tuia i runga               

Tuia i raro

Tuia i roto

Tuia i waho

Tui, tui, tuia

Ka rongo te ao

Ka rongo te pō

Tui, tui, tuia

Listen! I listen to the above, to the cry of a bird calling "Unite, unite, be one !" Unite above, unite below, unite within, unite without, unite. Listen to the present and the past. Unite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6F9q3-TraM

Purea nei e te hau

Purea nei e te hau

Horoia e te ua

Whitiwhitia e te rā

Mahea ake ngā poraruraru

Makere ana ngā here.

Scattered by the wind

washed by the rain

and transformed by the sun,

all doubts are swept away

and all restrains are cast down.

E rere wairua, e rere

Ki ngā ao o te rangi

Whitiwhitia e te rā

Mahea ake ngā pōraruraru

Makere ana ngā here,

Makere ana ngā here.     

Fly O free spirit, fly

to the clouds in the heavens,

transformed by the sun,

with all doubts swept away

and all restrains cast down.

Yes, all restrains are cast down.

http://folksong.org.nz/purea_nei/index.html

Purea nei e te hau

Horoihia (kaea)

Horoihia e te ua

Whitiwhitia (ngā tama), whitiwhitia

E te rā (kaea) e te rā

Mahea ake ngā pōraruraru (kaea)

pōraruraru

Makere ana ngā here

E rere wairua, e rere

Ki ngā ao (kaea), ki ngā ao o te rangi

Whitiwhitia (ngā tama), whitiwhitia

E te rā (kaea) e te rā

Mahea ake ngā pōraruraru (kaea)

pōraruraru

Makere ana ngā here,

Makere ana ngā here.

E minaka ana

Let us be staunch

in speaking Maori!

I desire that

my talk be like that of a leader,

my noble language

my precious inheritance.

Astound me

with your maturity by

the evanescence, the spirit you show

when speaking Maori.

Let us be staunch

in speaking Maori