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Pikipiki
02:09
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Pikipiki
Pikipiki
Ka pikipiki te aka matua
Pikipiki
Pikipiki
Kia puta mai te ihu ki Rākiatea
Climb, climb
Climb the parent vine
Climb, climb
So you may arrive diligently at Rākiatea
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Tūtūmaiao
05:06
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Worry not ye bird like men,
for we are like the tītī bird
coming back home again.
Worry not ye bird like men,
for we are not the kererū
who choose not to roam.
Tūtūmaiao, haehae one
Ka tau rā
Nā Raki e
Whakamīharo ana te kite
Kā Kurakura o Hinenuitepō
Tūtūmaiao, haehae one
Ka tau rā
Nā Raki e
He tohu ka wehe rā
He rakatira o te Toka e
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Hinepūkohuraki
05:18
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Tāiria mai, Hinepūkohuraki e
Te rehu puoro e whakataki nei
Tāiria mai, tāiria mai
Te rehu puoro
Tua atu i te ārai
Hinepūkohuraki’s mists hover
mysterious sounds call to me from
beyond the veil.
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Haereka
05:50
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If I fall let me fall onto land that is mine.
If I fall let me fall onto land that is mine.
Now I know that what lies ahead now was behind.
Now I know that what lies ahead now was behind.
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Ko Au Tonu (I Am Here)
03:52
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I am here
solid rock
precious minerals
dark soil
Layers of life
and death
I am here
no need to roam
like Tāne
filling orifices
seeking, yearning, groaning
My time machine womb
a channel
souls moving
In and out
I am Papa
I am Hineteiwaiwa
I am Hineahuone
I am Hinetītama
I am Hinenuitepō
I am Hinearoaropari
I am Hinearoraki
I am Hakeke
I am Amiria
I am Rahera
I am Moke
I am Bertha
I am here.
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Kōhaka
05:03
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Nau mai e tama, kia mihi atu au
i hara mai rā koe i te kuneka mai o te takata
i roto i te āhuru mōwai
ka taka te wai o huaki pōuri
ko te whare hakahaka tēnā a Tānenuiaraki
i te one i Kurawaka
I tātaia ai te Puhiraki
ka whakawhetū tama i a ia,
ka mārō tama i te ara namunamu
ki te taiao
ka kōkiri tama i a ia
ki te autūroa, e tama!
Welcome, oh son, let me address you
you have indeed come from the origin of mankind
from the cosy haven emerged
the barrier-of-darkness-ajar;
the abode of the renowned
Tāne of the heavens
on the sands of Kurawaka
where the exalted was once adorned,
thus, the son changed into a star,
son, you remained steadfast on the narrow pathway to the wide world
then you leaped forth
into the enduring world.
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Pū Harakeke
04:10
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Te rito, te rito
Ko te manawa, ko te manawa,
Ko te manawa o te whānau
He ōrite te whānau ki te pūharakeke
Te matua, te matua
Whakamarua, whakamarua
Hei awhi mō te rito
He ōrite te whānau ki te pūharakeke
Te hākui te whare takata
Kā reaka e whai ake nei
Whakamarua, kā here takata
He ōrite te whānau ki te pūharakeke
Whakaruruhia te rito
Manaakihia te rito
Kia hua, kia pūāwai
The rito (inner leaf of the harakeke) is the heart of the whānau
The whānau is like the harakeke cluster
The father
Protect and embrace the rito (baby)
The mother is the house of the people
The generations yet to come
Protect the rope of humanity (whakapapa)
The whānau is like the harakeke cluster
Protect the rito
Nourish the rito
So it will flourish and bloom
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Aroraki
06:38
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Puaka
06:29
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Puaka
me kā kapa
whetū
tohu o te tau
Wheriko i kā tohu
pūhihi whetū e
ki te toka
te toka
Dawn riser
our survivor
take my hand up to the hills
piki mauka
piki ora
scattered eyes shine
from the black
Nā te pō
ki te ao mārama
Te Tāua nui o te pō
“Piri mai”, she says
to her daughters six
each one of us are tasked
with a realm to hold
in my hands in their hands
water flowing through
Waitī, waitā
Waipunaraki
Tupuānuku
Tupuāraki
Ururaki
Hiwa-i-te-raki
Pōhutukawa
Matariki
Puaka Kai Rau
E Takurua
haere ki tō whaiāipō
these long cold nights are held by you
these long cold nights where memories swim
call their names to Pōhutukawa
cry their names to the black wind
‘til they light up the night - Burning through the black
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