Koorero moo Hikurangi

 ‘Te hiku tu ki te Rangi te Papa e takoto

   Te iwi kua hiiri, kua hiiri, ki raro i a Tawhiao ngaa koutou taonga, me koutou kaatoa aatu, ka tukuna e au ki a Ihowa o ngaa mano…’  

 ‘Nooku teenei whenua

Ka haere mai te taahae ka keri i tana rua,

Kotahi maero, e rima maero, kotahi rau maero atu te hohonu, ka huna i te whenua kia ngaro, e kore e ngaro,

nooku teenei whenua….’  

'This is my land, 

A thief may appear, he may dig a hole,

One mile, five miles, even a hundred miles deep, in an  attempt to conceal my land, my land will never be lost.

This is my land…’  

 © Dr Tui Adams 2005

Page last updated 25 Oct 2008