Aku kanohi kau
Tīmoti Kāretu - 1981
In 1981 this was the action song composed for the competitions to celebrate the Coronation of Te Ata-i-rangi-kaahu. The tune was composed by the students themselves.
Maori lyrics
Ko aku kanohi kau te whakahaere ana rā
runga i ngā hiwi
Engari tē kitea atu e au i te iringa o te
wai i te kamo
Te tohu o te aroha ki te hunga ka momotu
ki tawhiti
Nā rātou nei te kōrero,
'E tā mā, tangata i akona i te whare
Te tūnga ki te marae tau ana'
Tēnei au te tū nei i runga i te marae
Engari e kore e tau taku tū ki te kore
koutou, te hunga pakeke,
E āwhina mai i ahau ki te whakatutuki i
te kupu a te hunga mate
Mā koutou kē hoki e huaki mai ngā whare
pā, e homai ngā taonga
Kia pakari ai taku tū i roto i tēnei wā
Otirā, nā Pōtatau te kōrero ki a Tanirau,
'E Tā, kua tō te rā'
Ka whakahokia e Tanirau,
'E tō ana i te ahiahi, e ara ana i te ata'
Āe rā, e aku pakeke, kua tō haere te rā
o te ao tawhito
Kua ara mai ko te rā o te atatū hou
Nā reira i huri ai aku kanohi ki ō tātou
taumata whakahuahua
Kei reira he whakahau, he oranga mōku
Ahakoa pēhea te uaua, te taumaha o te
pīkaunga i ngā taonga nei
Ka tutuki tonu i ahau
Ko au hoki te uri o te hunga nā rātou nei
tēnei ōhākī,
'He nui maunga e kore e taea te whakaneke,
He nui ngaru moana, mā te ihu o te waka e wāhi'