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TITLE: Tangata Whenua WRITTEN BY : Karl Teariki
Ko te mea nui o te Ao, ko te tangata Ko te mea nui o te tangata, ko te whenua Mā te whenua, Ka ora te iwi Māori
Te Iwi Māori Tangata Whenua
He mea pai ki te tangata whenua He mea pai anō ki ngā tāngata katoa he whānau kotahi ngā mea katoa Ki tā te Ao Māori.
Te Iwi Māori Tangata Whenua
I heke ngā uri i ngā atua Ko tātou rā, he atua! he tangata! Inā rā nga kōrero a ngā tīpuna. O te Iwi Māori
Te Iwi Māori Tangata Whenua
Kei warewaretia te moana Kei warewaretia te whenua
He oranga kei te moana He oranga kei te whenua
Ko te reo o te manawa ko te aroha Ko te reo o te aroha ko te roimata He ua roimata nā Ranginui Ki a Papatuanuku e He ua roimata nā Ranginui Ki a Papatuanuku e
People are the greatest resource of the world The greatest resource of humankind It is from the land that Maori derive wellbeing
The Maori People People of the land
What’s good for Māori Is good for everybody For in the Māori cosmos All creation is one family
The Maori People People of the land
Descended from the Gods That is all of us, a Divine being! a Human Being! As what was spoken by the Maori Ancestors
The Maori People People of the land
Do not forget the connection to the Sea Do not forget the connection to the land
The ocean and the land Are the wellbeing of us all
The language of the heart is Love Tears are the way love speaks Like tears of rain from Sky Father To his beloved Our earth mother Like tears of rain from Sky Father To his beloved Our earth mother