Waiata
This is a selection of some of the waiata we sing at PPS.
Tangi a te ruru (Te Hokinga Mai) (C)
E rapu ana
i te ara tika
Mō tātou kā toa
Tangi a te ruru
Kei te hokihoki mai e
E whakawherowhero i te pūtahitanga
Nāku nei rā koe
I tuku kia haere
Tēra puritia iho
Nui rawa te aroha e
Chorus
Te hokinga mai tēna koutou
Tangi ana te ngākau i te aroha
Tu tonu rā te mana te ihi
O ngā tipuna kua wehe atu rā
Mauria mai (hi, Ha)
Te Mauri (Hi, ha) Tangata
Hei oranga mo te mōrehu
Tangi mōkai nei
E rapu ana i te ara tika
Mō tātou kātoa
E rapu ana i te ara tika
Mō tātou kātoa
Te hokinga mai Tū tangata
Rerenga Wairua
Hope!
Waewae takahia!
Ngā manaakitanga a te hunga runga rawa e
Rerenga Wairua!
Rerenga Wairua tēnā whakarongo mai
Papaki tū ana
Papaki tū ana ngā tai o Te Tokerau
Ueoneone rā
Ueoneone rā he tangata rangatira e
No te Aupouri
Nō te Aupouri, Ngapuhi nui tonu e
Taku ara taku mana
Taku ara taku mana he wahine whakaiti
Reitu te wahine
Reitu te wahine nō Tainui waka e
Nāna i mārena
Nāna i mārena ko Ueoneone e
Ka puta ka ora
Ka puta ka ora tātou ngā uri e
Nō reira e te iwi
Nō reira e te iwi kua mutu ngā mihi
Aku tangi kōrero
Aku tangi kōrero aku tangi tikanga e
Noho iho e koro
Noho iho e koro ko Ueoneone e
Ngā manaakitanga
Ngā manaakitanga
A te hunga runga rawa e
Ngā manaakitanga
Ngā manaakitanga
A te hunga runga rawa e-e-e
Hi Aue hi!
Whakarongo Ake Au
Whakarongo rā I listen
Whakarongo ake au I listen, where up high
Ki te tangi a te manu A bird flies
E rere runga rawa e Its cry rings out
Tui, tui, tui, tuia Sew, stitch, bind it together
Tuia i runga From above
Tuia i raro From below
Tuia i roto From within
Tuia i waho From outside
Tui, tui, tuia Sew and bind it together
Kia rongo te ao During the day
Kia rongo te pö And the night
Tui, tui, tuia Sew, stitch, bind it together
Whakarongo rā I listen
Manu tiria, manu tiria
manu werohia
Ki te poho o Te Rāka
Ka tau rērere
Ka tau mai i te ruhi
E tau e koia
Koia, koia
Ko tara-rauriki
Kī mai i Māui
Ehara i te Whitu,
Me te Waru e
E tau, e koia.
Koia!