Ngā Tai Oro - Kapa Haka taster session at Archives

Colleagues were invited along to a Kapa Haka taster session.
Karangatia rā
Karangatia rā!
Powhiritia rā!
Ngā iwi o te motu!
Ngā mano tini
Haere mai!
He hui aroha
Mō koutou e ngā iwi
Ngau nei te aroha
Me te mamae.
Nau rā e Api
Nau rā e koro
Wero ki taku uma
Titirawa i te manawa
Oho ana te mauri
Aue rā
Tāonga tuku iho
Na ngā tupuna
Ngau nei te aroha
Me te mamae
Call to them,
Call to them!
Welcome
the tribes of the land
All you multitudes
Welcome!
A gathering of love
for all of you people.
Within us gnaws the feeling
and the pain.
'Twas you Apirana Ngata
'twas you elder one
who, within my breast, laid the challenge
which pierced my heart.
My soul is stricken,
alas!
Treasures handed down
from the ancestors -
Within us gnaws the feeling
and the pain

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Fully LOVE the effort everyone put in to this waiata session ..
This is just one of the reasons #whyicometokapa and because Ngā Tai Oro is my fave group of grown ups!