Nga Mihi Te Moananui

He Karanga, he Powhiri, he Maioha,        A Greeting, a Weaving of Peoples,
ki nga Tumu o Te Moananui a Kiwa!       And Leaders o Te Moananui a Kiwa!
Nga Kurae Takutai, nga Tihi Maunga!     Coastal Headlands, Mountain Peaks!
Nga Whanau! Whare Waananga!              All Families!   Centres of Learning!
Tena koutou, tena tatou, E rarau tatou.      Greetings to us all. Peace!

E Haere atu nei nga Mihi ki a koutou,       We send out warm greetings to you,
Haere nga Mate ki te Po o Horo Aitua.      And mourn our departed  ones.
E aru atu nei teenei kaupapa koorero         We send out this urgent matter
i  te kare o Tai Moana-i-Ara-rau                 along our Ocean pathways.
Manaakitea mai tenei Kaupapa!                 Seeking united support.

Ko Raa-ngii- i-ateanui                            One Radiating Sun
Ko Papatuanuku-i-atearoa                    One Abundant Earth
Ko Rongo Tau Matua                              One Peace
Ko  Te Moananui a Kiwa                        One Ocean
Ko Te Tangata Whenua                          One Peoples
Ko Te Tikanga Tangata Whenua           One  Tangata Whenua Law
Tu Rangatira                                             One Governance System
Tu Tangata                                                One Human Rights System
Tu Mana Motuhake                                 One Sovereign Nation
Tu Kotahitanga                                         Of Inter- Dependent Peoples

Tu Hono, ki te Hohou-o-Rongo             Let us Pursue Peace, Secure it’s Abundance
Nau mai!  Whakakotahi mai!                   We wish to reaffirm unity with you to:
Hikitia te Hohou Rongo!                          Restore this Sanctuary of  Peace.
Hikitia te Mana Tangata!                         Reaffirm Mana Tangata Whenua

He Mana Motuhake                                Act as an Interdependent Nation
Haere! Whakamua! Haere! Kotahi!     Let us go forward! Together!

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