Whare whakairo
Nā Katarina Mataira
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He whare whakairo a Te Hau-ki-Tūranga e tū ana ināianei kei roto i te Dominion Museum o Pōneke. Nō Mānutuke Tūranga, te whare nei, nā te iwi o Ngāti Kaipoho i hanga i te tau 1842-1843. Ko Rāharuhi Rukupō te tohunga whakairo. Nō te tau 1867 ka hokona mai Te Hau-ki-Tūranga, ka mauria ki Pōneke. Nō 1935 ka whakatikatikatia te whare, ka whakatūria ki roto i te Museum hei tirotirohanga mā te iwi. |
Haere mai, haere mai, haere mai!
Haere mai
e te manuhiri tūārangi.
Haere mai, haere mai, haere mai!
Kore anō, kore anō,
Kore anō au e rongoKi te reo wahine
E karanga ana.
Engari...
Haere mai e, Pākehā,
Haere mai ki roto.
Anei ngā poutokomanawa
Mā rāua koe e mihi.
Tiro haere, Pākehā,
Whakaahuatia ahau.
Anei ko aku kōwhaiwhai
Arā ngā tukutuku.
Whāwhā haere, Pākehā,
Whāwhātia ahau,
Whāwhātia ngā tīpuna
O Ngāti Kaipoho.
Kore anō rātou
E titiro atu
Ki ngā mahi whakangahau
A tō rātou uri.
Kore anō rātou
E rongorongo atu
Ki ngā kōrero, ngā waiata,
Ngā tangihanga hoki.
He whare tino mokemoke
Ahau ināianei.
Kua ngaro taku iwi ake
Kua riro ki te Pō.
Haere mai e, Pākehā,
Koutou ko ō hoa.
Tiro haere, whāwhā haere,
Whakaahuatia ahau.
He tohu au,
He tapu au,
He whare tawhito.
Engari...
Kua mate kē te ngākau
Te manawa kua rere.
Ko au he whare kore take
Ake, ake, ake.
