Whāia te tino Rangatiratanga
Kia tū te ao Māori
Nau Mai, Haere Mai
Ko Te Rangi Āniwaniwa te maunga
Ko Rangaunu te moana
Taku kopere e āniwaniwa i te rangi,
tawhana kau ana i runga i ngā maramara a Muriwhenua.
Ko Kahukura e āniwaniwa i te rangi,
tūtuki noa ki ngā tai māpunapuna o Rangaunu.
Ko Te Rangi Āniwaniwa te Kura nei,
hei whakanuia,
Whakahua ngā tūhonohonotanga katoa
mai i a Ranginui rāua ko Papatuanuku,
tae noa atu ki a tātou ngā tangata
Nau Mai, Haere Mai
Te Rangi Āniwaniwa is the mountain
Rangaunu is the ocean
My rainbow is like an arrow that bends across
all the descendants of Muriwhenua.
Kahukura lights the sky and the rippling waters
of Rangaunu with a rainbow.
Te Rangi Āniwaniwa
acknowledges all that links us from the celestial sky
father and mother earth,
to us as people.