I tū te hui
whakaoati i a Kaiwhakawā
Milner ki te Marae o te Poho-o-
Rawiri ki Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa
i te mutunga o Matariki, ā,
i tēnei wā ko ia tētahi o ngā
kaiwhakawā tūturu mō Te
Tairāwhiti.
Hokahōkai ana ō waewae ki te pakirau o tēnei whare,
Awhe mai ana ki te hau kāinga,
Ki te pou herenga tangata, ki te pou herenga whenua, ki te pou whare kōrero
Ki te pae o Te Kooti e.
Ko te tikanga o tēnei
wāhanga o te ture, he whakamana i te Kooti
Whenua Māori hei kaiwhakahaere mō ngā
whenua o ngā kaipupuri Māori, e āhei ai te
whakapaipai, te hiki ake i te wāriu, me te
whakahou ake i te taitara, mō te painga o
te katoa.
Me
tuku te tono ki te kooti mō te whakahaere
anō i te keehi, i roto i te rua tekau mā waru
rā mai i te whakaputanga o te tono (te rā
whakahaerenga rānei o te keehi).