Te Waipounamu Waiata

Ka mau ake tonu e

Ko te whirika o te taura takata
Ahakoa uaina e te ua
Whitikina e te rā
Te taukaea o te aroha
Ka mau ake tonu e

Ka eke mai (ka eke mai)
He manene (he manene)
I te reo rāhiri (i te reo rāhiri)
O te hui e (o te hui e)

Ka tata mai (ka tata mai)
Ka piri e (ka piri e)
Ka tino te here o te whānau e

Ko Te Waipounamu

Nei te mihi whakamiha e
Kei a koutou ra e raupi mai
Wehi ana au I te reka
O te aroha

Nei matou Te Waipounamu e
Nei matou e mihiatu ra

[Nei matou te reo ko tuia o te Tonga ra] x2

Ka pioioi E

Ka pioioi
Tohu aroha haukāinga 

E hoki mai rā 
Kia kite atu i tō iwi e.

E rotarota ana
E katakata ana mai rā. 

Pūkana whetero mai 
I te ihi ā ō mātua. 

Kia kite atu ano 
I tō ataahua ai kanapa
Pupuhi ai e te hau 
Kapohia āku roimata. 

Ka pioioi he 
tohu aroha haukāinga.

"This swaying dance
shows the love of your home-town people.

You've come back home,
to see your people.

There is gesturing and
laughing with joy at your return.

Eyes popping and tongues thrusting
from the energy of those performing.

I see again
your beauty gleaming there
caressed by the wind,
and my tears are snatched away.

This fluttering dance
shows your home-town people's love."

Te Waipounamu Haka