Anei te waiata hou a Stan Walker rātou ko Ria Hall, ko Maisey Rika, ko Troy Kingi e kiia nei ko 'AOTEAROA'
A waiata launched at 'Te Wiki o te Reo Māori on July 21, 2014 in Porirua, with the premiere of the video clip on Pūkana, Māori Television at 4:30pm.
It's a song to acknowledge our Reo, our unique indigenous culture and who we are as New Zealanders, as well as our connection to Aotearoa.
Available world wide on itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/aotearoa-maori-language-week/id896505259?i=896505267
Directed by Shae Sterling
Exec Producers : Matai Smith, Viv Wigby-Ngatai (Cinco Cine)
Produced by Annette Eggers (Feijoa films)
Initial concept by Mel Price
Styling by Sammy Salsa
Edited by Mikey Rockwell
Art Director - Annette Eggers
Props - Paulo Machado, Judy Robson-Deane, Jared Diprose.
Additional aerial footage courtesy of Silverfox Productions
Special thanks to Black Sands Lodge, Sheep World and Ryan Talent.
Lyrics:
CHORUS
Nō tawhiti, nō tata
nō te whenua o te Atua tātou
ahakoa nō hea mai koe
ka whawhai tonu mātou mōu
VERSE 1- STAN WALKER
Ko au tō maunga, tū tonu
ko te moana pari mai koe
ko koe te awa i taku remu, ko tāua anō tāua
nō te one i Kurawaka, hei tiaki i te whenua nei
BRIDGE (TROY KINGI)
Aotearoa, he iwi kaha tātou,
he mana tuku iho mai anō
whenua haumako
wairua ora
whāia tō ara
ki te mutunga
REPEAT CHORUS
VERSE 2 (RIA HALL)
He kōrero tō te whenua, heke mai ki a tātou
he toa au mōna e oke nei e
e kore au e hinga
he uri nō te roimata
te toto o ngā tūpuna
e kore au e wehi ē
BRIDGE (TROY KINGI)
Kia kaha tātou ki tāu i pai ai
Whakatinana, kaua e ngutu noa
Whenua haumako, wairua ora
whāia tō ara ki te mutunga
REPEAT CHORUS
(NZ NATIONAL ANTHEM -- MAISEY RIKA)
E Ihowa atua
o ngā iwi mātou rā
āta whakarongona
me aroha noa
kia hua ko te pai
kia tau tō atawhai
manaakitia mai
Aotearoa!
REPEAT CHORUS
Nō tawhiti, nō tata
nō te whenua o te Atua tātou
ahakoa nō hea mai koe
ka whawhai tonu mātou mōu
