Waiata

Ehara i te mea1 Nō nāianei te aroha Nō nga tūpuna Tuku iho, tuku iho Te whenua, te whenua Te oranga o te iwi Nō nga tūpuna Tuku iho, tuku iho Whakapono, tumanako Te aroha te aroha; Nō nga tūpuna Tuku iho, tuku iho.

Not the thing of recent times, is love but by the ancestors it has been  passed down, passed down. From the land, the land comes the wellbeing of the people; by the ancestors it has been  passed down, passed down. Faith, hope and love; by the ancestors they have been  passed down, passed down.