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 rārunga i ngā hiwiEngari tē kitea atu e au i te iringa o tewai i te kamoTe tohu o te aroha ki te hunga ka momotuki tawhitiNā rātou nei te kōrero,'E tā mā, tangata i akona i te whareTe tūnga ki te marae tau ana'Tēnei au te tū nei i runga i te maraeEngari e kore e tau taku tū ki te korekoutou, te hunga pakeke,E āwhina mai i ahau ki te whakatutuki ite kupu a te hunga mateMā koutou kē hoki e huaki mai ngā wharepā, e homai ngā taongaKia pakari ai taku tū i roto i tēnei wāOtirā, 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 rāo te ao tawhitoKua ara mai ko te rā o te atatū houNā reira i huri ai aku kanohi ki ō tātoutaumata whakahuahuaKei reira he whakahau, he oranga mōkuAhakoa pēhea te uaua, te taumaha o tepīkaunga i ngā taonga neiKa tutuki tonu i ahauKo au hoki te uri o te hunga nā rātou neitēnei ōhākī,'He nui maunga e kore e taea te whakaneke,He nui ngaru moana, mā te ihu o te waka e wāhi'
