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Huia


Kua ngaro ki te pō

Ēngari kei te karanga tonu to mana

He mana, mana rangatira

He mana ka raranga ngā tira, ngā hau e whā

Kia kaha Aotearoa

 

Tukua

Tēnei manu

Tukua tēnei manu

Kia rere

 

Mā ngā kahukuraTēnei manu

Mā ngā kahukura tēnei manu

Ka rere

E rere, e rere 

Te manu rangatira 

Ānei he tūhunga 

Ki runga i a mātou e

 

E rere, e rere 

Te mana rangatira 

Ānei he tūhunga 

I te kōtahitanga


 

Huia - a translation

Though lost to us

We can still hear your call

A prestigious song, the song of a leader

One that knows how to weave a people together

We can do this Aotearoa

 

Let

This bird

Let this bird

Fly

 

By its feathers

This bird

By its feathers this bird

Will fly

 

Fly, fly

Prestigious bird

You can land here

On all of us

 

Fly, fly

Prestiginuity 

You can land here

On our unity

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