TE WHITI

Taranaki Mountain, confiscated!
Taranaki Land, confiscated!
Taranaki Seas, confiscated!
Taranaki Mana still stands firm!
Tihe Mauri Ora!

Draw close, welcome, people of the land so you can see the source of song.
So you can see the guardians. So you can see Tohu Kaakahi and Te Whiti of Rongomai, the man who brings together the grievances of the country, the man who unfurled the emblem, who planted the seed of peace as a foundation of the world...
Te Miringa Hohaia.

Haka verses (1881)
The word is proclaimed to the masses
The fowl is calm and collected
The sibling duck flies quickly onward
There is no food to peck, there is no food to scoop
The people are gathered like potatoes
And imprisoned there are the strong and firm
On their canoe of peace

A final word
“I am the fruition of righteous procedure
A herb of healing from the sacred emblem
My sacred emblem is an assurance
To the world”
Speech by Te Whiti o Rongomai,
recorded by Te Kaahui Kararehe.