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E NOHO ANA KI TE KOKO KI ŌHIWA
WHAKARONGO RUA AKU TARINGA
KI TE TAI O TUA O KANEWA
E AKI ANA MAI KI UTA RA
KI TE WHĀNAU A TAIRONGO
KO TAUWHARE TE KOPU O TE URUROA
KO TE KAI RARI, NOA MAI TE RAWEKETIA
A TE RINGARINGA
AS I SIT ON THE BEACH AT ŌHIWA
I LISTEN TO THE WAVES BEATING OVER THE
SANDBAR AT KANEWA
AGAINST THE FORESHORE
THE HOME OF MY ANCESTOR TAIRONGO
MY MIND WANDERS TO TAUWHARE
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE HAMMERHEAD SHARK
AND TO THE FOODBASKET, REVERED BY MANY HANDS.
THIS ANCIENT WHAKATAUKI, HANDED DOWN FOR MANY GENERATIONS, DEMONSTRATES THE ENDURING RELATIONSHIPS OF TANGATA WHENUA WITH OHIWA HARBOUR AND ITS NATURAL RESOURCES.
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