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The song for the people of the Pacific. Hirini Melbourne took a kapa haka group to the Festival of the South Pacific in New Caledonia. He wrote the first two verses and asked the other countries attending to add on their own verse.

It was adopted by Greenpeace who sung it on board the Rainbow Warrior while protesting French nuclear testing at Muroroa in French Polynesia. 
 
You can see one version here:

Birchwood School perform a slightly different version. We'll record that soon and post it for you.

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Nga iwi e

Nga iwi e

Kia kotahi ra

Te Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa

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Kia mau ra

Kia mau ra

Kia mana motuhake

Me te aroha

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Wahine ma

Wahine ma

Maranga mai, maranga mai

Kia kaha

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E tama ma

E tama ma

Tama tu, tama tu, tama ora

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You can click here to see the words, or click below for words, translation and background to this waiata.

http://www.folksong.org.nz/E_I_A_I_E/index.html 

Ka kite

Damian Hardman

damian.hardman@birchwood.school.nz