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Karanga for Bluff 06
Te Rau Aroha Marae, Bluff, 21 April 2006
First cycle:
Karanga mai,
karanga mai,
karanga mai rā.
Karanga mai rā ki ngā hau e whā.
Karanga mai ki ngā kaituhituhi kōrero o Aotearoa kua tatū mai nei.
Karanga mai,
karanga mai rā.
Second cycle:
Karanga mai ki a mātou ngā waewae tapu kua tae mai nei ki tēnei marae o Te Rau Aroha.
Karanga mai e te iwi kāinga i runga i te kaupapa o te rā.
Karanga mai,
Karanga mai rā.
Translation
First cycle:
Call to us,
call to us,
O call to us.
Call to us who are from the four winds.
Call to us the New Zealand writers who have arrived here.
Call to us,
O call to us.
Second cycle:
Call to us who are arriving here for the first time to Te Rau Aroha marae.
Call to us, o local people, according to the purpose of the day.
Call to us,
O call to us.
Jeanette King
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