Te Whare Pūngawerewere

 

He Ruruku Nō IO 

 

Mai ea, mai ea

Mai ea Te Tupua, mai ea Te Tahito 

Mai ea Te Kāhui O Ngā Ariki 

Mai ea Tawhiwhi atu kia Rongo

I te Kore kau, I te Kore whakaumu

I te Kore tātai whetū, ka rere te aho

Ka whati te aho, ka tū te pou ki te kore e kitea

Kīhai tēnei i te kupu horehore

He kupu mā te hunga i whiti kē i te pae o te pō

Whakarongo, whakarongo

Whakarongo ko te hau kāhore e rangona

Ko te waewae kāhore e kitea

Ko te kanohi kei muri i te kanohi

E tū ana te piringa i raro i te maru kākā

He maru kore āhua, He maru kore ingoa

Ka herea te kūaha ki te aho o runga

Ka katia te kūaha ki te kupu huna

Kāhore te kino e kite i te ara

Kāhore te whakaaro hē e mōhio ki te tomokanga

Ko te ringa ka toro he ringa ngaro

Ka hoki kau iho ki te pōuriuri

Ko te reo ka karanga he reo kore-taringa

Ka memeha ki te hau o te korekorenga

Ka whakatūria te whare ki te tau o mua

Ki te wā i mua i te wā

Ki te ingoa i kore e whakahua

He ara ka tuwhera, He ara ka kati

Mō te hunga nō roto—ka rere

Mō te hunga nō waho—ka memeha

Ka tau te mauri ki te papa,

Ka tau te manawa ki te rangi

Ka herea te whānau ki te aho ora

Ka motu te aho mate i mua i te pānga

Ko te mahi ka mahia—ka hua

Ko te kupu ka whakatōngia—ka tipu

Ko te tau ka takahia—ka ngohengohe

Kīhai tēnei i te inoi

He whakatakoto tēnei

Kīhai tēnei i te tono, he here tēnei

Kua oti kē i mua i te kōrero

Kua tau kē i mua i te karanga

Haere ki tōu ake ara

Mā te hunga i mōhio, e mōhio

Mā te hunga kāhore—kāhore e kitea

Ko IO Te Rangitūātinitini 

Ko IO Te Rangi Māruarua, tau

Ko IO Retea, IO Tete, IO Rangi, IO-Wā

Tūturu Ōwhiti hakamaua kia tina

Tina, haumi e, hui e, taiki e