Kua Rongo Mai Koe

Kua Rongo

Kua rongo mai koe i te reo pohiri

E karanga ake nei e

E karanga ake ana i te ao whanui

Piki mai kake mai ra

No wai te reo no wai te mana

E karanga ake nei e

Ko te reo mana nui

ko te mana rongonui

Te kura o Pakuranga e

  

You have heard the welcome call

Calling to the wide earth

Welcoming

Welcoming

Whose voice, whose integrity is calling forth

It is the voice of great integrity, the renowned voice

Of Pakuranga School

E Minaka Ana

Kia kaha tātou Ki te (HI!) kōrero Māori! E minaka ana taku waha Ki te kai a te rangatira, Taku reo rangatira Taku kuru pounamu tuku iho. Mīharo kē ana Ki tōna pakari kia ora Tē memeha, te wairua ki te kōrero Māori Kia kaha tātou Ki te kōrero Māori!

Let us be staunch in speaking Maori! I desire that my talk be like that of a leader, my noble language my precious inheritance. Astound me with your maturity by the evanescence, the spirit you show  when speaking Maori. Let us be staunch in speaking Maori!

Toia Mai

Kaia:              Ā, tōia mai,

Koutou:       Te waka!

Kaia:              Ki te urunga,

Koutou:       Te waka! 

Kaia:              Ki te moenga,

Koutou:         Te waka!

  Ki te takoto rungai,

              Takoto ai,

              Te waka!

(Repeat until all manuhiri have arrived)

  Hi!      

Translation

Ah, drag it here

The canoe!

To the entry

The canoe!

To the berth

The canoe!

Up to the resting place,

Set it down.

The canoe!