Vaughan Rapatahana’s ‘te taiao o Aotearoa’
From te pāhikahikatanga
ko taku whenua tēnei
ko taku rangi hoki
ko taku manu
ko taku rohe
ko taku kāinga
ko taku awa
ko taku roto
ko taku kai moana
ko taku maunga
ko taku ngahere
ko taku kararehe
ko taku tūrangawaewae
ko taku wairua
ko taku manawa
ko ahau tēnei whenua.
he aha tāu kōrero, taku hoa?
[New Zealand environment
this is my land
my sky also
my birds
my district
my homestead
my river
my lake
my seafood
my mountains
my forest
my animals
my birthplace
my spirit
my heart
this land is me
what do you have to say, friend?]
