E Minaka Ana

 E Minaka Ana - Pania Papa (Ngati Koroki-Kahukura, Raukawa)

Kia kaha tātou

Ki te (HI!) kōrero Māori!

 

(E minaka ana)

E minaka ana taku waha

Ki te kai a te rangatira,

 

(Taku reo rangatira)

Taku reo rangatira

Taku kuru pounamu tuku iho.

 

(Mīharo kē ana)

Mīharo kē ana

Ki tōna pakari kia ora

 

(Tē memeha)

Tē memeha, te wairua

ki te kōrero Māori

 

(E minaka ana)

E minaka ana taku waha

Ki te kai a te rangatira,

 

(Taku reo rangatira)

Taku reo rangatira

Taku kuru pounamu tuku iho.

 

(Mīharo kē ana)

Mīharo kē ana

Ki tōna pakari kia ora

 

(Tē memeha)

Tē memeha, te wairua

ki te kōrero Māori

 

(Tē memeha)

Tē memeha, te wairua

ki te kōrero Māori

 

(Kia kaha tatou)

Kia kaha tātou

Ki te (HI!) kōrero Māori!

Let us be staunch
in speaking Maori!

I desire that
my talk be like that of a leader,
my noble language
my precious inheritance.

Astound me
with your maturity by
the evanescence, the spirit you show
when speaking Maori.

Let us be staunch
in speaking Maori!

https://www.folksong.org.nz/e_minaka_ana/index.html

These are the actions we will learn. I know this version is slow, but you can speed it up 1.25 times to hear a more natural version.

Ka kite,

Damian Hardman

damian.hardman@birchwood.school.nz