Tino Rangatiratanga |
Tikina rä te käkano |
Bring here the seed |
nö Rangiätea anö |
from Rangiätea |
poipoia rawatia |
swinging and circling (in the wind) |
kia kore e ngaro |
so it will not be lost |
kia kore e memehä rä. |
so that it won't dissolve into nothing. |
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Kia mau ki tö reo Mäori e |
Hold strong to your Mäori language |
Kia ü ai ki tö mana e |
Hold firm to your mana/self-respect |
mana motuhake |
your strength of independence |
mana tüturu ai |
your natural/original strengths |
tino rangatiratanga. |
your sovereignty. |
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Mana Mäori, |
Mäori pride/strength/self-respect, |
motuhake, |
independence, |
rangatiratanga. |
chieftainship. |