E noho ana
This ngeri was composed at the request of the students who wanted to have a ngeri especially composed for them. It was performed by them at the New Zealand Polynesian Festival of 1981, held in Auckland.
Maori lyrics
E noho ana i te ranga māheuheu
Ka titiro whakarunga ki ngā whetū o te rangi
Āritarita noa , āritarita noa
Engari tē riro mai ki te kapu o taku ringa e
Ko te rite ki ngā taonga a ōku tīpuna
E kōrerotia nei i te ao, i te pō, i te ao, i te pō
Āe rānei te mau i ahau
Āe rānei te ngaro
ki te pō, oti atu
Whakapakari nei au, te rangatahi, ki te pupuri
Me te maumahara anō hoki ki tā Apirana i kī ai
'Me mātua whare whakairo ka kīia te marae he marae,
Me mātua kōrero Māori te tangata e kīia ai he Māori'
Anei taku whakahoki ki a koe, e koro e,
Ahakoa ko te ātārangi noa iho o te whenua kei ahau
Ahakoa te reo kāore i ahau
Kei te oho taku mauri, kei te oho taku wairua
Kei te rongo tonu au i te wehi, kei te mau tonu taku mana,
Me pēhea kē atu hoki?
Ko au nei rā te whakatinanatanga o aku
tīpuna e moe mai rā i Paerau.
Anei rā taku Māoritanga e mau nei i aku kanohi
E mau nei i taku tinana, arā, ko taku kiri parauri
Kia whakataukī ake ahau
'E kore e hekeheke, he kākano rangatira'
Tihē mauri ora!