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Irimana Hauturangi Witehira , Tuihana Beauty Cuss Witehira
Hemi Whautere Witehira,
Ngapuhi Nui Tonu
Te whare tapu o Ngapuhi
He mea hanga tēnei tōku whare
Ko Ranginui e titiro iho nei te tuanui
Ko Papatūānuku te paparahi
Ko ngā maunga ngā poupou
Pūhanga Tohorā titiro ki Te Ramaroa
Te Ramaroa titiro ki Whiria
Ko te paiaka o te riri, te kawa o Rāhiri
Whiria titiro ki Panguru ki Papata, te rākau e tū papata ki Te Tai Hauāuru
Panguru–Papata titiro ki Maunga Taniwha-whakarongorua
Maungataniwha titiro ki Tokerau
Tokerau titiro ki Rākaumangamanga
Rākaumangamanga titiro ki Manaia
Manaia titiro ki Tūtāmoe
Tūtāmoe titiro ki Maunganui
Maunganui titiro ki Pūhanga Tohorā
Ko tēnei te wharetapu ō Ngāpuhi nui tonu.
A house is constructed thus
The sky father is the roof
The earth mother is the floor
The mountains are the posts
Pūhanga Tohorā faces Te Ramaroa
Te Ramaroa faces Whiria
The taproot of strife, the custom of Rāhiri
Whiria faces Panguru-Papata, the trees bent by the western wind
Panguru-Papata faces Maungataniwha that hears both the eastern and western coasts
Maunga Taniwha faces Tokerau
Tokerau faces Rākaumangamanga
Rākaumangamanga faces Manaia
Manaia faces Tūtāmoe
Tūtāmoe faces Maunganui
Maunganui faces Pūhanga Tohorā
This is the sacred house of everlasting Ngāpuhi.
Ka mimiti te puna i Taumarere
Ka toto te puna i Hokianga
Ka toto te puna i Taumarere
Ka mimiti te puna i Hokianga
When the spring at Taumarere ebbs
The spring at Hokianga overflows
When the spring at Taumarere overflows
The spring at Hokianga ebbs.
Ngai Tawake
Ko Moengeroa te Maunga
Ko Te hue hue te awa
Ko Ngatokimatawhaorua Te Waka
Ko Hemi Whautere raua ko Takurua Komene oku tupuna
Ko Ngapuhi Nui Tonu te Iwi
Ko Ngai Tawake te wouku te hapu
Ko Ngai Tawake te Marae
Ngai Tawake Whakatauki
Ko koe Ngai Tawake,
tū atu penei te kauri nei,
ko wetahi o nga rakau
ka whakawhiri atu i te kauri hei whakatupu i o ratou,
engari ko te kauri ka tū whakatupu ana.
If you are Ngai Tawake, stand tall like a kauri and other trees will grow and shelter underneath you. Ngai Tawake is like the great kauri beneath whom many others seek shelter.
Whakapapa
Kupe, Captain of the Matahorua Waka
Rahiri
Kare-ariki
Waikato, Ngati Porou, Tauranga Moana.
Riini (Nan) Miriama Witehira
Heni Jane Pourau
Alexander Gray