This item was composed in response to a kaumātua who welcomed us to his marae at the 2014 national competition, and congratulated our female leader for being a pākehā that does kapa haka. Little did he know, she is just as Māori as he is.
Whakaeke of Te Maurea Whiritoi from the National Secondary School Kapa Haka Competition in Hastings 2016.
Lyrics and tune composed by Toti and Francis West.
KUPU
Pīkari ngā taringa, whakarongo mai rā
Ki ahau i te mahau o Hui-te-rangiora
He reo waitī, ko tāku he haukume
I te tau o te ate, whakatata e tama e i e
Kāwhakina koe e te irirangi e
Me he kahukura tāua ka kopere rā
He atua, he tupua, he iwi wairua
Tipiwhenua i te ara o Mahinaarangi e i e
Tipiwhenua i te ara o Mahinaarangi e
Te Paki o Matariki kei runga
Ko Taupiri kei raro
Waikato taniwharau
He piko he taniwha
He piko he tupua
Āhāhā
Tipi, tipi hī
Ka piko ki Waipā
Whakaao kapua ki Pirongia
Kahukura kopere, e rere Uenuku e
Tukua ki Rangiātea, tukua ki Okoroire
Te Wai Takahanga a Mahinaarangi e i e
Ka tau ki Ngongotahā
Te urunga tapu o Tongakahu
Tipi, tipi hi
Tēnei te kōmaru
Ka whakaeke i te iere wainene o Te Urewera
Kia korita ki te iwi tupua
He kōrorohū nā ngā tūrehu whaiwhaiā
He pūkohu-a-nuku, pūkohu-a-rangi
Whakatau hā whakatau ki Wairoa
Ko Hinekōrako
He tupua, he taniwha he tangata e!
Tipi-nuku, tipi-rangi
Mai i Te Whakapūnake o Te Matau o Māui-Tikitiki-a-Taranga
ki Tararua
Tipi, tipi ki te tihi tapu o Kahurānaki
Whakataiwhenua ki Ngā Tukemata Nui o Kahungunu e
He uri patupaiarehe e tau nei
Hi
LYRICS
Listen carefully, to me sitting here on the porch of Hui-te-rangiora
This is a sweet voice, my voice will pull on your heart of hearts - come closer
Be captured by my spiritual voice
And like a rainbow we will travel
As a god, as a demi-god, as a spirit
Lets travel the path of Māhinaarangi
Journey forth on the path of Māhinaarangi
As the Matariki constellation is to the sky
Taupiri is to the land
Waikato of a hundred taniwha
On every bend, there is a taniwha
On every bend, there is a supernatural being, āhāhā
Journey forth!
Follow the bends to Waipā
Gather like the clouds a top of Pirongia
Dart across the sky like the rainbow
Set forth to Rangiātea, onward to Okoroire, the birth place of Raukawa
Settle on Ngongotahā
The sacred home of Tongakau
Journey forth!
This is the dark cloud
Ascending upon the spiritual voices of the Urewera
Take caution of the supernatural people
And the eerie voices of the magical fair skinned people
Mists of the earth, clouds of the sky
Descend upon Wairoa
'Tis Hinekōrako
Supernatural, a taniwha, a person!
Travel the earth, travel the skies
From Te Whakapūnake o Te Matau o Māui-Tikitiki-a-Taranga
To Tararua
Ascend to the scared heights of Kahurānaki
Return to the earth once more to be among the descendants of Kahungunu
Take heed as we are the descendants of the patupaiarehe!!! Hi!
10 сен 2024
