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Hakanuia

NUKANOA E

Written and composed by whānau at a Korongata Marae Wānanga held August 2008. The recording below is of the Bridge Pa School tamariki in August 2022 - Principal Vanessa Sadler (Cowan) and Teacher Emma (Reid) are old students of Bridge Pa School. We are proud to sing this waiata with pride. ​​

KAEA:          NUKANOA E!

KATOA:       TE WHATUIAPITI HEI RANGATIRA MO TE IWI TATA E TU NUKANOA E!

KAEA:          KA PUTA!

KATOA:       TE HAHAKE, HINEWEHI, TE ATINUKU, TE HAUNGA-O-RANGI,  

                    TAMAWHETI, TE ORA HINEHAKA, O NGĀTI PŌPORO E!

KAEA:          E TU NUKANOA –

KATOA:        KI KORONGATA

KAEA:          E TU NUKANOA –

KATOA:        HEI WHAKARURUHAU

KAEA:          E TU NUKANOA –

KATOA:        O NGĀTI KAHUNGUNU, TE WAKA TAKITIMU E!!!!!!!​​​

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​​​KORONGATA 

This waiata was composed by the descendants of Horomona Edwards and Winipere Kamau. Aunty Ani, Jerry Edwards and Aperahama Edwards wrote the words and the tune was composed by Aunty Ani.  The waiata encompasses the whole of Bridge Pa, both Nukanoa and Mangaroa Marae. ​This recording is of Aunty Ani Price, Peggy-Joe Mitai and  Mātua Jerry Edwards in August 2022 preparatory to share at our Korongata Marae Wānanga in that same year. 

KAEA:      HE TATAIWHETU KI TE RANGI KATOA:   MAU TONU

HE TAONGA O NGĀ URI, NGĀ URI O KORONGATA

TŪ MAI TE TĪPUNA NUKUNOA, TE KŌPŪ O MATARIKI

MIHI MAI E KORO HIKAWERA TŌ PIRINGA HINE-TE-MOA

KO RĀTOU NGĀ TŌTARA HAEMATA, NGĀ MANAWA O KORONGATA

E TŪ AKE NEI, NGĀ MOKOPUNA, NĀ TE AROHA NOA

HĀPAITIA NGĀ HONOTANGA, A KUI A KORO MĀ

TĪAHO MAI RA NGĀ WHETŪ, KORONGATA, MANGAROA

WHATUI-A-PITI, NGĀTI POPORO, TE RAHUNGA-I-TE-RANGI

TE KUPENGA A TE HUKI, NGĀ TUKEMATA O KAHUNGUNU

E TŪ AKE NEI, NGĀ MOKOPUNA, NĀ TE AROHA NOA

HĀPAITIA NGĀ HONOTANGA, A KUI A KORO MĀ

KORONGATA

Mōteatea nā Dr Jeremy Tātere MacLeod

 

E noho nei au i te roro o tōku whare

Kia pai ai te titiro ki waho ki te ara i takahia ai

e ngā mātua tīpuna

Waiho mai ana ko ahau e tū tahanga nei

 

Hoki mai hoki mai taku reo taketake

i kahakina i te arero o te hunga kua poto ki te pō.

 

Māku mā tāua e kukume i te rua o te mate

Kia haruru anō ai te whenua i te reo rangatira e

 

Nau mai tāua pikitia te tāpuhipuhi ō Kahurānaki

te tihi whakarongo kōrero

Kauria ngā wai tuku kiri o Kārewarewa,

Kā u ai ki tōku papa ki a Korongata.

 

Nā Te Whatuiāpiti ka puta ko Hikawera nāna ko Hinewhare nāna ko Te Mouka ka moe ia Nukanoa ka puta ki waho ko Ngāti Poporo e tū atu nei e.

KO NGĀTI PŌPORO

Waiata nā Dr Ashley Puriri

Ashley wrote this waiata and taught it to us at a Korongata Marae Wānanga held in March 2024

Ko Ngāti Pōporo, (Pōporo)

Ko Ngāti Pōporo, (Pōporo)

Ānei mātou e mihi atu nei e (Aue)

E tū ngā whare manaaki tangata

E Whakaruru ana koutou katoa

Ki te taha o te Puke o Te Atua e (Aue)

Ko Te Awa, ō Te Ātua

He wai oranga, mai ōku Tūpuna

Kia kaha tātou e hāpai tāku iwi nei e (Aue)

Ko Ngāti Pōporo, (Pōporo)

Ko Ngāti Pōporo, (Pōporo)

Ānei mātou e mihi atu nei e (Aue)

Ko Hikawera tōku Tūpuna

Ka heke ihoa, kia mana whenua

Ko Nukunoa te ingoa rongonui e

 

(E Haka !)

He uri tapu o Whatuiapiti

He iwi o te waka Takitimu e

Ka puta tātou, e tū atu nei aue, aue

Ko Ngāti Pōporo, (Pōporo)

Ko Ngāti Pōporo, (Pōporo)

Ānei mātou e mihi atu nei e

Ānei mātou e mihi atu nei e

Hui e, haumi e, taiki e .....hi

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