Aue! Taukuri!
Tīmoti Kāretu - 1982
This action song was composed to honour Te Ata-i-rangi-kaahu and the people of Waikato. It was first performed at the Coronation celebrations of 1982.
Maori lyrics
Aue! taukuri aku taumata kōrero
Aue! taukuri aku taumata kōrero
Ka kai atu rā aku mata ki te mokopuna
a te motu
Te mauri i pōtaea, Te Ata-i-rangi-kaahu
Ki te tihi tapu e moe nei ngā rangatira
Ki te wai tipua e rere nei
Ka tau mai ai ki runga o Tūrangawaewae
Tiro atu ki te huinga tangata
Ka kimi kau ake i ngā kākā waha nui,
I ngā puna mātauranga o te ao tawhito
Ka kimi, ka kimi tē kitea
I roto i te ngahurutanga o ngā tau
Pau puku ana rātou ki te pō
Papā te whatitiri,
Hikohiko te uira
Ka horo ngā tihi maunga
Ka haruru te whenua
Koinei rā ō rātou tohu i te haerenga
Mōwai ana te whenua e takoto nei
Āe, e tātou mā, te mūrau a te tini
Te wenerau a te mano
E noho ana tātou i te raru, i te pani
Nō reira, whītikiria te hope ki te maurea whiritoi
Nanaiore ki te aka matua
Kia puritia te aho wānanga
Hei kawe i te kura huna
Hei kupu taurangi ki muri nei,
'He kākano rangatira
E kore e ngaro'
Hei!
