Kia Ū, Kia Mau

 Kia Ū, Kia Mau- Wayne Hippolite, Ngāti Kuia.

We sing this waiata in two ways. One is a short version, the other is the full version. We're learning a shorter version so we learn two verses really well.

Short Version:

Kia ū, kia mau, kia piri tata e (x3)

Nau mai haere mai e ngā iwi katoa

Piki ake mai ra ki runga te marae e

Whakatau mai ra ki Te Tau Ihu o te Waka

Ki Te Tau Ihu o te Waka e

Whakapiri mai, whakatata mai kia kotahi mai ra

Te reo Pōhiri, te reo karanga

Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne, Ngāti Apa

Ko ngā iwi ēnei o Kurahaupo waka

Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Rarua, Ngāti Toa

Ko ngā iwi o Tainui waka

Ko Ngāti Tama, Te Atiawa no runga te rangi e

Ko ngā iwi o Tokomaru e

You can click here for the two-verse version.

Full Version:

Hannah and Bailey teaching us on our Te Ahu o te Reo Māori course.    

Kia ū kia mau kia piri tata e x3

 

Nau mai!

Nau mai haere mai e nga iwi katoa

Piki ake mai ra ki runga te marae e

Whakatau mai ra ki Te Tauihu o te Waka, ki Te Tauihu o te Waka e

Whakapiri mai whakatata mai kia kotahi mai rā

Te reo pōhiri te reo karanga

 

Ko Moketapu te maunga e tu mai ra

E rere iho ana ko Maitahi te awa

Ki te moana ko Aorere te moana e

Ko Whakatū tō mātou marae e

Ko te tangata ko Kākāti te whare tipuna

Ko ngā iwi o tēnei takiwā

Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne, Ngāti Apa

Ko ngā iwi ēnei o Kurahaupō waka

Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Toa

Ko ngā iwi o Tainui waka

Ko Ngāti Tama, Te Ātiawa no runga te rangi e

Ko ngā iwi o Tokomaru e

 

Nō reira e ngā iwi whakarongo ake

Kai mau ki ngā tikanga ko reo rangatira

Te kauapa matua ko te whakawhanaungatanga

Tui tuia te here tāngata

Ko te whakapono, te tūmanako me te aroha

Te ōhāki a kui a koro mā

 

Kia ū, kia mau, kia piri tata e (x3)

E, A, B7

I'll put up a translation when I can.

Ka kite,

Damian