WELCOME > TE WHAKATAUKI
E tere e nga waka
i nga tai o Tangaroa
i roto i te awa tapu o Hokianga
ki a Niwa raua ko Arai-te-Uru
nga taniwha tiaki i te wahapu
Huri whakaripo ki a Pouahi raua ko Mapuna
nga toka whakaora o Hokianga Whakapau Karakia
Whakarongo ki nga hau o te hauauru
ki nga wai maturuturu o nga maunga whakahi
ki a Papatuanuku, te herenga o te mana, te ihi,
me te tapu o te tangata
te whakaritenga o nga wawata
o te Hauora o Hokianga.
Tihe Mauri Ora !
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Na Joe Topia, Panguru
The tides of Tangaroa carry the canoes
swiftly within the sacred river of Hokianga
towards Niwa and Arai-te-Uru
the guardians of the rivermouth
They turn to Pouahi and Mapuna
at the heart of Hokianga
Listen to the wind from the West
and to the trickling waters of the beloved mountains
flowing through Papatuanuku, binding together the people
for whom the aspirations of Hauora Hokianga are fulfilled
Behold the sneeze of life !
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