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Tohora Nui

Tohora nui

Tohora roa

Tohora tino mōmona!

Tohora puapua

Tohora piupiua e

Tohora kau roto

te moana e

One day a Taniwha

One day a taniwha,

went swimming in the moana.

He whispered sweetly in my taringa.

Oh, won't you come with me?

There's such a lot to see.

Underneath the deep blue sea.

I said oh no, no, no,

I have to go, go, go.

Although I know we'll be good friend.

My mother is waiting for me,

underneath the kowhai tree.

O taniwha, haere ra.

Te Wā


Ko tēnei te wā
Ka waiata au
Ka waiata ki a ihoa

Ko tēnei te wā
Ka inoi ahau
Ka inoi ki te ariki

Waiata arohanui
Waiata arohanui
Waiata a... ro...ha nui

Ki te Atua 



Nga Whetu

Tirama tirama nga whetu

Kei te pehea ra koutou

Ki runga ake ra

He taimana to rite

Tirama tirama nga whetu

Kei te pehea ra koutou

On Top of Spaghetti

On top of spaghetti
All covered with cheese
I lost my poor meatball
When somebody sneezed.

It rolled off the table
And onto the floor
And then my poor meatball 
Rolled out of the door.

It rolled in the garden
And under a bush
And then my poor meatball
Was nothing but mush.

The mush was as tasty
As tasty could be
And early next summer
It grew into a tree.

The tree was all covered
With beautiful moss
It grew great big meatballs
And tomato sauce.

So if you eat spaghetti
All covered with cheese
Hold on to to your meatballs
And don't ever sneeze.

Ko tenei te wa

Ko tenei te wa
Ka waiata au
Ka waiata ki a ihoa


Ko tenei te wa
Ka inoi ahau
Ka inoi ki te Ariki



Waiata arohanui
Waiata arohanui
Waiata arohanui

ki te atua

森の熊さん

The Bear In The Forest

a ru hi                        mo ri no na ka

あるひ   (echo) 　  もりのなか (echo) 　

ku ma san ni              de a-   tta

くまさんに (echo)  であった (echo) 　

ha na sa ku       mo ri no mi chi

はなさく        もりのみち

ku ma san ni     de  a-  tta

くまさんに　であった

The other day, I met a bear
Out in the woods, away out there.

Kia Tau

kia tau

kia tatou katoa

te atawhai

o to tatou

ariki

a ihu

karaiti

me te aroha

o te atua

me te whi-whi-nga-ta-hi-ta-nga

ki te wairua tapu

ake ake

ake amine