Waiata
(Adapted for Pūkaha 8/2/2020)
Rangitāne tangata rau
Rangitāne-nui-a-rangi
Tini whetū ki te rangi
Ko Rangitāne ki te whenua
Ko Rangitāne ki te whenua
Ka haere i te ara
He tini mano e
Ka haere ki te riri
He mano ki te ara haere ai
He mano ki te ara haere ai
Te Tapere nui o Whātonga
Tamaki Wairarapa e
Anei ngā uri
Ko Rangitāne te tupuna e
Ko Rangitāne te tupuna e
Te Tapere nui o Whātonga
Tamaki Wairarapa e Hi!
Uiui ki te Manu
Tēnā i ruia!
Uiui ki te manu!
Ko wai rā kua haramai nei
ki Te Tapere Nui o Whātonga e.
Uiui ki te manu!
Ko wai rā kua haramai nei ki te reo pōhiri,
ki te reo karanga o Rangitāne nui tonu e.
Uiui ki te manu!
Ko wai rā kua haramai nei.
Kurahaupō e! Taunaha, rukuhia!
Kurahaupō e! Kumekumea!
He toro manu taikō, he toro manuhiri e!
Haramai ki uta, tau mai rā kia tata,
ki runga i te papa taumata o Whātonga e!
Haere mai! Haere mai!
Haere mai! Haere mai!
Ko Rangitāne e ngunguru nei, au, au, aue hā hī!
A lullaby belonging to Rangitāne, Tamaki nui a Rua
Uiui noa au e hine ko wai tōu ingoa
I kawea ai koe e ō mātua ki te wai tū ai
Māku e tapa atu i te ingoa o tā tupuna, Whakaewa-i-te-rangi e hine
Noho mai e hine i roto i te whare Taiwhētuki
I te whare nō tūārangi ka patua e Tāne
Hei topetope i āna toko, i a Toko-huri-nuku, i a Toko-huri-rangi
I a Rākau-tuke i a Rākau-koki, ngā toko, e hine i tokona ai te rangi i runga nei
Rere te maramara o Te Āwhiorangi
Ko te toki tēnā i topetopea ai ngā ngaru
Kii te Tangata nā wai rā e?
Māu e kii atu nā te Kāhui Pou
Nā Pou-titi Na Pou-tahae Na Pou-korero
Nā Kahu-taringa i tiki ki roto o Wharekura e hine e
Tikina atu ki te wao ngahere o Pukupuku
I reira Rīwaru te waka kaitangata
Pū ai ngā were tuhi-ki-te-rangi
Ka noho a Wahiaroa i a Tangō-rau-tāwhiri
Ka puta ki waho ko te hākui o Rata, ka patua i reira te Kāhui Matuku
A Matuku-hūngae, a Matuku-e-hue, a Matuku-tangotango
A Kiore-nui, a Kiore-roa, a Kiore-kotokoto
I tangihia ai i te Wairere, e hine
Ki au e hine koe wahine tū-te-ihonga a Whaitiri-mātakataka
Nāna i whakanoa te rangi i runga nei
Ka heke ki raro rā ki a Kai-tangata
Kauaka e hine e noho i te nohoanga i o tāina
Kei kiia mai koe ki te whakarau, māu e ki atu koe whakarau hoki a Niwha
Kauaka ia i whakamomori ai Rongomai
Ka paea ki uta rā ki Tahuna tapu e hine e
Nā Jeremy Tātere MacLeod
Rangitāne! Upoko ki runga!
Rangitāne! Upoko ki runga!
Kia mau ki tō mana tuku iho!
Puritia kia ita, ita mau tonu ē! I ā haha!
Me tahu te ahi kia whitawhita ai ngā ngārehu,
Kia kongange, kia pūkauri! I ā haha!
Tēnei a Rangitāne tini mano, e haere nei! Ana!
Tini mano e haere nei, ana! Ana! Ana, hī!
Nā Tūhotoariki
Nau mai E Tama! kia mihi atu au,
I hara mai rā koe i te kunenga mai
O te tangata i roto i te ahuru mōwai,
Ka taka te pae o Huaki-pōuri, ko te whare
Hangahanga tēnā a Tāne-nui-a-rangi
I te one i Kurawaka i tātaia ai
Te Puhi-ariki, te Hiringa-matua
Te Hiringa-tipua te Hiringa-tawhito-rangi,
Ka karapinepine te pūtoto
Ki roto te whare wahi-awa
Ka whakawhetū tama i a ia
Ka riro mai a Rua-i-te-pukenga, a Rua—
I-te-horahora, ka hōkai tama i a ia
Koia hōkai Rauru-nui, hōkai Rauru-whiwhia,
hōkai Rauru-a-maru-aitū.
Ka māro Tama
I te ara namunamu ki taiao,
Ka kōkiri tama i a ia ki te ao turoa,
E Tama e i!
Hara mai E Tama! W=Whakaputa i a koe
Ki runga te tūranga matua
Mārama te ata i Ururangi
Mārama te ata i Taketake nui o Rangi,
Ka whakawhenua ngā Hiringa i konei E Tama!
Hara mai e mau tō ringa ki te kete tua-uri
Ki te kete tua-tea ki te kete aronui i pikitia e Tāne-nui-a-rangi
I te ara tauwhāiti i te Pūmotomoto o Tikitiki-o-rangi
I karangatia e Tāne-nui-a-rangi ki a Huru-te-arangi
I noho i a Tonganui-kāea, nāna ko Parawera-nui
Ka noho i a Tāwhiri-mātea ka tukua mai
Tana whānau Titi-para-uri, Titi-mātangi-nui
Titi-mata-kaka, ka tangi mai te hau mapu
Ka tangi mai te roro-hau, ka eketia ngā rangi
Ngahuru mā rua i konei.
E Tama e, i!