Karakia

Tenei au, Tenei au Here I am, Here I am The power of my karakia for swift movement Ko te hokai-Nuku Swiftly moving over the earth. Ko te hokai Rangi, Swiftly moving through the heavens Ko te hokai o to tīpuna The swift movement of your ancestor A Tane-nui-a-rangi Tane-nui-a-rangi Ki Tihi-i-manono Who climbed up I rokohina atu ra To the isolated realms To the summit of Manono Ko Io –Matua-Kore anake And there found Io-the-parentless alone. I riro iho ai He bought back down Ngā kete ō te wānanga The baskets of knowledge. Ko te kete Tuauri A basket called Tuauri Ko te kete Tuatea A basket called Tuatea Ko te kete Aronui A basket called Aronui Ka tiritiria, Ka Poupou a Portioned out, Planted Kia Papatuanuku In Mother earth. Ka puta te ira tangata The life principle of humankind. Ki te whai ao Comes forth into the dawn Ki te Ao Marama. Into the world of light. Tihei mauri ora. I sneeze, there is life.