Aotearoa

Aotearoa by Stan Walker is a favourite of Te Rakau Whakapapa, so here it is on our playlist.

Songwriters: Vincent Harder / Troy Kingi / Stan Roto Walker

This is the lyric version.

Here is the very cool video.

Here is a link to the chords:

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/s/stan_walker/aotearoa_crd.htm

Here is a link to lyrics, and if you scroll down, you will find an English translation:

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/stanwalker/aotearoa.html

Aotearoa - Stan Walker 

 

Nō tawhiti, nō tata

Nō te whenua o te Atua tātou

Ahakoa nō hea mai koe

Ka whawhai tonu mātou mōu

Ko au tō maunga, tū tonu

Ko te moana pari mai koe

Ko koe te awa i taku remu, ko tāua anō tāua

Nō te one i Kurawaka, hei tiaki i te whenua nei

Aotearoa, he iwi kaha tātou

He mana tuku iho mai anō

Whenua haumako

Wairua ora

Whāia tō ara

Ki te mutunga

Nō tawhiti, nō tata

Nō te whenua o te Atua tātou

Ahakoa nō hea mai koe

Ka whawhai tonu mātou mōu

He kōrero tō te whenua, heke mai ki a tātou

He toa au mōna e oke nei e

E kore au e hinga

He uri nō te roimata

Te toto o ngā tūpuna

E kore au e wehi ē

Kia kaha tātou ki tāu i pai ai

Whakatinana, kaua e ngutu noa

Whenua haumako, wairua ora

Whāia tō ara ki te mutunga

Nō tawhiti, nō tata

Nō te whenua o te Atua tātou

Ahakoa nō hea mai koe

Ka whawhai tonu mātou mōu

Nō tawhiti, nō tata

Nō te whenua o te Atua tātou

Ahakoa nō hea mai koe

Ka whawhai tonu mātou mōu

E Ihowa atua

O ngā iwi mātou rā

āTa whakarongona

Me aroha noa

Kia hua ko te pai

Kia tau tō atawhai

Manaakitia mai

Aotearoa!

Nō tawhiti, nō tata

Nō te whenua o te Atua tātou

Ahakoa nō hea mai koe

Ka whawhai tonu mātou mōu

Nō tawhiti, nō tata

Nō te whenua o te Atua tātou

Ahakoa nō hea mai koe

Ka whawhai tonu mātou mōu

Nō tawhiti, nō tata

Nō te whenua o te Atua tātou

Ahakoa nō hea mai koe

Ka whawhai tonu mātou mōu

What do you think whānau? Should we learn this one?

Ka kite

Damian Hardman
damian.hardman@birchwood.school.nz