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Proofreading requested
Maori, Tokelauan
Maori, Tokelauan
Fa’alogo i galuega
Mana’o mai (ia)
Mana’o mai (ooheke)
Io io, ioa (aueke, kimua ia)
Te atea
Heke heke toku vaka (heke)
Te atea (fano)
Matagofie (eh te atea)
Matagofie (te atea)
-Hotona!
Rere ko te hauangi
Tere ā te paerangi
Kia hoki, atu āki tōku nei mara e
(Uta!)
I tā hoki tai rurutu
Ko ngā kōrero me tuku
Kia honoa Waiatā kia Waitī (aue, aue)
Whāia ki uta tōhou Hawaiki (eh te atea)
Hawaiki-nui, tahora nui (te atea)
Uta!
Te whenua tauri kura
Manu rere te ki runga
Ko tū toko ngā huri
Te ka kapa wharenui
(Uta!)
Kūrae na te whahaere
Kotē te koe tō
He ara tā tīpuna kōnga kura ka hura
Whāia ki uta
(Tōhou Hawaiki)
Ka nui hika!
(Waiata tahi!)
Kia ora
Huia mai kia rongohia ai
Te kōtiro te o tahi aha
He tino toa, tino hoa ki te Tipua
E tino hoa
Nā nau aka ora
Ko ngā hapū me ngā iwi
Mō te wehi Moana me Māui
Me ana ka piri hokia Moni
(He kī)
Nā, kē korā!
Hoki mai rā Moana!
He aha rā wāna tonga?
Kia tirohia rā te waka
Ko au i te ringa takatika
(Tō rongo i te ihi!)
(Te ihi nui!)
Ko whitia ka tō pāpā
Me rēhi ki uta?
E tā kāo koia pū ia koe
Te atea
Tōia mai rā te waka
Ki taea nā mai rā kia ritea
Tere a te roanga
I te tamāhine
Rere ko te hauangi
Tere ā te paerangi
Toi arā tāku aka ki okioki
(Uta!)
Moana te pai-nunumi
Puhi o Motunui
Honoa ia Waiatā kia Waitī
Oh, whāia ki uta tōhou Hawaiki
Hawaiki-nui
(Whāia ki uta tōhou Hawaiki)
(Tōhou Hawaiki!)
Submitted by 
andrewva on 2025-09-14
andrewva on 2025-09-14✕
The submitter of the song requested proofreading.
It means that the lyrics may not be accurate.
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It means that the lyrics may not be accurate.
If you are proficient in the language of the song, you are welcome to leave your comments.
Comments
- Waitā and Waitī are stars of the Pleiades constellation, which are known in English as Maya and Taygeta. Waitī (Maia) and Waitā (Taygeta) are associated with food and water, one is male and the other female.
- Hawaiki is considered the ancient homeland of the Māori people, from where they migrated to New Zealand.
- Hawaiki-nui: In some Māori traditions the supreme being Io created Hawaiki-nui, Hawaiki-roa, Hawaiki-pāmamao and Hawaiki-tapu, where ''atua'' a supernatural God