Ngā Waiata o Te Rarawa
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Hāpaitia Hāpaitia
Ngā mahi o te iwi e
Kia kaha rā, kia toa e
Kei mate koe te whakamā
Tainui Te Arawa Tokomaru Takitimu Aotea Mataatua
Kurahaupo Horouta Araiteuru Ngātokimatawhaorua e
Hāpaitia Hāpaitia
Ngā mahi o te iwi e
Kia kaha a rā, kia toa e
Kei mate koe te whakamā
Tainui Te Arawa Tokomaru Takitimu Aotea Mataatua
Kurahaupo Horouta Araiteuru Ngātokimatawhaorua e
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Lest you succumb to weakness
Draw on the strength of the canoe of our ancestors
Tainui Te Arawa Tokomaru Takitimu Aotea Mataatua Kurahaupo Horouta Araiteuru Ngātokimatawhaorua e
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This Waiata tautoko was composed by Wiremu Graham of Te Uri o Tai hapū in 1966 for Roha Herbert and Maisie Ihaka, who were the tutors of the Pawarenga Kapa Haka rōpū at the time. It is about encouraging the rōpū to be proud of who they are and never to be embarrassed as they all descend from the waka and therefore are connected to Te Ao Māori.