Ko Hikurangi te maunga
Ko waiapu te awa
Ko Ngati Porou te iwi
Tihei mauriora!
Hikurangi is my mountain that shelters
Waiapu the waters that sustain
Ngati Porou the tribe
The sneeze of life - our first breath.
Kia ora and hello,
Born and raised on the East Coast of New Zealand, the memories of life as a Maori kid are happy ones and the people who showed me the way nostalgic.
I am of the land and the land is of me.
Tihei mauriora!