Hawaiki nui,
Hawaiki roa,
Hawaiki pamamao,
I rapua mai ratou,
ki te hi ika.
I puta mai, a Aotearoa nei.
He turanga waewae mo nga ira tangata.

From deep in the Pacific,
they came searching,
and pulled from the sea,
New Zealand - Aotearoa.
A standing place for mankind.

Chris Bailey

Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Paoa Te Aupouri, Irish