Kia ora ngā tauira ō Te Kura Elm Park. This blog has ben set up so that you can practise performing and learning Waiata a ringa and Haka at home. You will find the words and videos to all the waiata we are learning at school. Kia kaha and have fun! Ka mau to wehi :)
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! |
| Ka pioioi1 e Tohu aroha haukāinga E hoki mai rā Kia kite atu i tō iwi e. E rotarota ana E katakata ana mai rā. Pūkana whetero mai I te ihi ā ō mātua. Kia kite atu ano I tō ataahua ai kanapa Pupuhi ai e te hau Kapohia āku roimata. Ka pioioi he tohu aroha haukāinga. | This swaying dance shows the love of your home-town people. You've come back home, to see your people. There is gesturing and laughing with joy at your return, Eyes popping and tongues thrusting from the energy of those performing. I see again your beauty gleaming there caressed by the wind, and my tears are snatched away. This fluttering dance shows your home-town people's love. |
1 Pioioi emulates the flutterering flight of the fantail. This insect-catching bird is small and delicate, yet fearless and sociable.
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