Ngā pou
Our pillars
Waiho i te
toipoto,
kaua i te
toiroa1
he hono
tangata e kore e
motu, ka pa he
taura waka
e motu2
E pūmau ana ki te
hapori:
Kua hangaia ki ngā
hononga:
he kanohi kitea, he
hāngai, he urupare
hoki ki ngā kōrero
mai i ngā hapori.
kei te whakaute, kei
te whakahohe hoki
mātou i ō mātou
hononga Tiriti, ā,
kei te mahi tahi ki
ngā tāngata, ki ngā
whakahaere hei
whakatutuki i tō
mātou take.
Tē tōia,
tē haumatia3
He maurea
kai whiria4
He whai mōhio,
he hāngai, he
whaimana:
Ka whakaritea he
rerekētanga:
kei te tuku mātou
i ngā tirohanga
tika tangata, Tiriti
hoki he ahurei, kua
whai mōhiotia e te
taunakitanga hoki.
ka taea te ine,
ka whakaritea te
noho haepapa, ka
whakapaingia ngā ao.
1
Kia piri tata tonu tātou, kia kaua e noho wewehe.
2
Kāore e pērā i te taura waka, e kore e taea te taura tangata te momotu.
3
E kore e taea te whakatutuki i te paku aha ki te kore he mahere, he ope mahi, he tikanga whakamahi.
4
Waiho ngā take paku, ā, tukuna te kaha ki ngā kaupapa nui.
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