Ehara i Te Mea
Traditional Maori Chant
Ehara ~ i te mea
No naianei ~ te aroha
No nga ~ tupuna
Tuku iho tuku iho
Whakapono, tumanako
Te aroha, te aroha;
No nga, tupuna
Tuku iho, tuku iho
Te whenua, te whenua
Teoranga,oteiwi
No nga, tupuna
Tuku iho, tuku iho
“It is not of recent times, this love
It comes from the ancestors, handed down acrossf time
Faith and hope, and love, and love
It comes from the ancestors, handed down across time
The land, the land, is the life for the people
It comes from the ancestors, handed down across time.”