Tauparapara

TUIA I RUNGA

To bind above

TUIA I RARO

To bind below

TUIA I ROTO

Bind inside

TUIA I WAHO

Bind outside

TUIA I TE HERENGA TANGATA

Bind the people

KA RONGO TE PO

Listen to the night

KA RONGO TE AO

Listen to the day

NAU MAI TE IHI, TE WEHI, TE WANA, TE MANA

The power, the fear, the thrill, the authority

HEI WHAKAKAPI I A MATOU MAHI

For finishing our mahi

KIA OTI AI MO TENEI WA

Let us finish for now

TUTURU WHAKAMAUA KIA TINA! TINA!

Gather, bind, entwine

HAUMIE HUI E, TAIKI E

Join together