Te Tai o Kawhia (1815)
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Original version 1893 version 1949 version

Tērā ia te tai o Kāwhia:
Ka wehe koe i au, e.
He whakamaunga atu nāku,
Te ao ka rere mai
Nā runga mai o Te Motu
E tū noa mai rā koe ki au, e.

Ka mihi mamao au e
Ki te iwi rā e.
Ka pari e te tai,
Piki tū, piki rere,
Piki takina mai rā,
Te Kawau i Muriwhenua,
E kawea e te tere.

Tēnā taku manu
he manu ka onga noa,
Huna ki te whare
Te-Hau-o-Matariki.

Mā te whare pō rutu,
Mā te whare Ati-Awa,
E kautere mai rā,
Whaka-urupā taku aroha,
Nā.

Tai o Kawhia,
ka wehe koe i au, e
He whakamaunga atu nāku te ao,
Ka takawe
nā runga mai o te motu,
E tū noa mai rā koe ki au, e, i.

Nāku koi a waiho
i taku whenua,
I te rokohanga te taranga i a tāua

E hine ka mihi mamao au,
Ki te iwi rā-i-a

E paria e te tai,
Piki tū, piki rere,
piki takina mai ra,
Te kawa i muri-whenua,
te kawhea e te tere;

Tenā taku manu
he manu ka oma noa,
Runā ki te whare,
te au o Matariki,

Mā te whare Pōrutu,
mā te rahi Āti-awa,
E kau-tere mai rā,
Ka urupā taku aroha, na, i.

Tērā ia ngā tai o Kāwhia,
Ka wehe koe i au, e.
He whakamaunga atu nāku,
te ao ka rere mai
Nā runga mai o Te Motu
E tū noa mai rā koe ki au, e.

Ka mihi mamao au e,
Ki te iwi rā e.

Ka pari e te tai,
Piki tū, piki rere,
Piki takina mai rā,
Te Kawau i Muriwhenua,
E kawea e te tere (heke).

Tēnā taku manu
he manu ka onga (taonga) noa,
Huna ki te whare
Te Hau-o-Matariki.

Mā te Whare-pōrutu,
Mā te whare Āti-Awa,
E kau tere mai rā,
Whakaurupā taku aroha,
Nā.


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.