Speeches

Rere ana nga roimata o Hine

Tērā te pae, o Te Riri.

Huihuia mai tātau katoa

Tēnei te pae, o Maumahara.

E nga iwi, kei aku rangatira

Wahine mā, tāne mā

Tēnā tātau katoa. 

Tini whetū ki te rangi

Kei āku nui

Kei āku rahi

Koutou kua tatū mai

ki tēnei o nga wānanga

He wānanga whakapiki ora

He wananga whakapiki kaha

He wananga whakapumau

i nga āhuatanga o nga

mātua tipuna

Whare Runanga Powhiri

Waitangi Treaty Grounds

6 February 2021

Ko ‘te amorangi ki mua’

Ko ‘te hāpai ō ki muri’

Tuatahi ki te Atua, 

Shalom

Ngā mihi maioha ki a koutou

Tēnā tatou katoa

Warm Greetings to you all

I acknowledge Members of the Diplomatic Corps,

Members of Parliament,

Rau rangatira mā, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi nui ki a koutou. Kia ora tātou katoa. Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, warm greetings to you all.

Te Arawa ki te rangi, Te Arawa ki te whenua, Te Arawa waka, Te Arawa tangata

Karanga mai ki a mātou, kua pae mai, ki te po Tohu Ahuwhenua

Nōku te maringa te haere mai, i runga i te reo a Apirana Ngata

Kei aku rangatira, tēnā koutou.

Nei tātou e whai whakaaro nei ki ō tātou mate kua rehu ki te rua.

Tēnā anō tātou.

Today, we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in the Pacific.

E hoki ana aku mahara ki ō tātou tāngata, rātou i tū ki te pae o te ririkia ora ai te pae o te maungarongo. E whitu tekau mā rima tau te kaumatua o tēnei rau aroha.Kei wareware i a tātou.Tēnā tātou.