Te ahunga, koia te oranga
Te puawaitanga
He hononga tōna ki te ao paki tūmatarau.
Ki mua, ki muri
He mata mōku
kia kite
kia tīni i tōku hanga.
Rangatiratanga
te ranga-ā-rōpū
ngā āputa
o te wīra.
Āwhio haere
Te takanga o te mataono
He āhua
He tikanga
He mahi
tō ia taha.
E ahu ana
E whakakotahi ana
E mahi-tahi ana
E whakataetae ana
te rōpū.
He whāinga kotahi, he ara kotahi
Mā ia tangata
te hua e hanga, e tīni, e whakahua ai.
I te timatanga he kōwhiringa tuhinga o nga tamariki tau 6 ki te 8 i tētahi whānau rūmaki reo e noho ana i te pito o Tamaki Makaurau. Whai muri atu ko ngā tamariki tau 5 ki te 6... heoi, i taku wehenga atu o te huarahi Māori, ka mokemoke ahau i te reo Māori. He tīmatanga i te tau 2014 ki te takoto mai i āku tuhinga. This started as a collection of writings by year 6-8, then year 5-6 children in an immersion Māori language whānau in Auckland. From 2014, it is just a place for me to write....