Kei Te Whanganui-a-Tara e mahi ana, ko ia tētahi o ngā Kaiwhakawā e rua o te Kooti Whenua Māori mō Te Rohe o Te Waipounamu, e whakawā ana i ngā kēhi i Ōpawa me Whakatū.
Kei te rārangi te ingoa o taku matua, ā, kei te ora tonu ia. Ka taea e ia te whakawhiti i ōna hea ki a au?
My parent is on the list, and they are living.
Tuia ki te rangi Tuia ki te whenua Tuia ki te moana Tuia te here tāngata E rongo te pō, e rongo te ao
Tuia i te muka tangata i takea mai i Hawaiki Nui i Hawaiki Roa i Hawaiki Pāmamao
Te hono ā-wairua Ka puta mai ki te whai ao Ki te ao mārama Tihei mauri ora
E ngā iwi o te motu, rarau mai rā ki Te Kooti Whenua Māori e tawharau nei i te pae tangata, i te pae whenua, i te whare kōrero
Tēnei māua ka mihi ki ō koutou kāwai whakapapa tapu e hora atu nei
Tē...
Tono tuihono Tikiake i te puka tono Ngā whakahiatotanga
Kāore e pērā i ētahi taitara whakapaitanga, kāore e huria e te whakahiatotanga te taitara o te whenua.
Ina kitea e koe te mahi e hiahia ana koe ki te tono, me āta pānui koe i te whakaaturanga mahi o te tūranga kia mōhio ai mēnā e hāngai ana te awhe utu ā-tau, te wāhi me te rā tīmata ki a koe.
I tēnei wā, e whakahaerehia ana e te Kaitiaki Māori hei kaitiaki, hei māngai rānei ngā Tarahiti Whenua Māori me ētahi atu hinonga Māori tata ki te 1,800.
