Sourced from ‘Nga Inoi’ circa 1960s for family prayers. Revised 2022 by Te Taha Māori members.

1. HE INOI MŌ TE KAI

E te puna waiora.
E ora ai mātou i roto i te tinana, i te hinengaro, i te wairua hoki;
Ki a koe ā mātou whakawhētai mō ēnei kai e hora nei.Kia tīhei mauri ora.

Spring of life.
Nourish our body, mind and spirit also;
We give thanks for the food spread before us.
Giver of life.

2. HE INOI MŌ TE KAI

Whakawhētai mō ā mātou kai.
E te Atua, meinga mātou.
Kia kaha, kia pai.

Thank you for our daily food.
And please God make us strong and good.

3. HE INOI MŌ TE KAI

E inoi ana ki te Atua ā mātou kai.
Mō ō mātou Wairua hoki.
Māu e tiaki.

We pray to God for things we eat.
We pray to God our soul to keep.

4. HE INOI WHAKAPAI

E aroha ana ahau ki a koe e Ihu.
Nō te mea he tamaiti hoki koe i mua
pēnei me ahau.
He māmā, he pāpā tōku.
Manaakitia tō mātou whānau.

I love you Jesus for you were once
a child like me.
I have a mother and father too.
Bless our family.

5. HE INOI WHAKAPAI

Whakapaingia e te Atua.
Mō ngā rākau, ngā putiputi, ngā manu me ngā kararehe.
Mō Tama-nui-te-rā me te ua.
Mō ngā mea katoa hoki.

Thank you God.
For trees, flowers, birds and animals.
For sunshine and rain.
Thank you God for everything.

6. HE INOI WHAKAPAI

Whakawhētai e te Ariki mō tēnei rā.
Me ngā rā katoa, mō āku hoa.
Me te whānau i ngā wā e kai ai,
E takaro ai.

Thank you Lord for this day and everyday,
For my friends and family
at meals and at play.

7. HE INOI WHAKAPAI

Ngā mea katoa i mahia e koe
Whakaatu mai tōu aroha.
Whakapai ana ki a koe e te Ariki.
All things you have done.
Show us of your love.
We praise you Lord.

8. HE INOI WHAKAPAI

E te Atua i te rangi.
Whakamārietia ngā tamariki e tūroro ana.
Āwhinatia ngā rata me ngā nēhi e tiaki ana i a rātou.

God in heaven.
Please comfort all children who are unwell.
Help the doctors and nurses who look after them.

9. HE INOI WHAKAPAI

Ko ngā tangata katoa e arohatia nei e au.
Te hunga ka tūtaki i runga i te papa tākaro, i te kura, a waho o te kura.
Me ngā tangata māuiui ana.
E te Ariki manaakitia rātou katoa.
Taku inoi tēnei.

For all the people I love.
For the friends I meet on the play ground in and out of school.
For those who are sick.
Lord, bless them all.
This is my prayer.

10. HE INOI WHAKAPAI

E te Ariki, e whakamoemiti ana mātou ki a koe.
Mō ōu manaakitanga i ngā wā katoa.
Manaakitia ō mātou kāinga katoa.
Tatū hoki ki ngā whānau i roto i te pōuritanga.
Tae atu ki ō mātou whānau whānui i ngā wāhi katoa.
I runga i tōu ingoa tapu āianei ake nei.

Lord, we give you thanks.
For your blessings always.
Bless all our homes.
Bless those families in mourning.
Bless our relatives everywhere.
In your holy name forever.