Te Piringa at 2012 Nationals - Waiata A-Ringa

Te Piringa singing the song that won them the "Waiata A-Ringa" category at the National kapa haka competition in July 2012.
They came second overall, after winning both the Waiata Tira and Waiata A-Ringa sections.

[@bloomlover231]

saw tawaroa in that

[@MrKounga]

Anei ngā kupu o te waiata.
Mōteatea ana te whatumanawa, pūkōnohinohi nei ko aku mahara ki te hunga wairua, nāna te reo rangatira i whakarewa, i whakatairanga ki ōna taumata. Kia whakataukītia ake e au. Auē, taukuri e!

[@MrKounga]

Heoi anō tāku ki te hunga whakaaro pērā, "Mena ka taea e te taiohi, he aha rā i uaua ai ki a koe? Tūwhitia te hopo, mairangatia te angitū!" Nō reira rā tā mātau e whakakūene nei, "Whakanōhia te reo ki tōna wāhi tika. Ki te rārangi o ngā wāhanga whai mana e mārama kehokeho ai te katoa, āe mārika, he reo rangatira tēnei!”

[@MrKounga]

'Nā ia te urupounamu, kei te hirikapo o te mātātahi ka tītaia hei whakaarotanga mā te marea, mā nuipuku, "He aha rā ētahi rohe o Te Matatini e tīkorikori nei, e takaoreore nei inā noho ko te reo hei wāhanga whai mana ki ōna taumāhekeheke?" He mōniania rānei kei mōhiotia te kūware, kei rangona rānei te pāpaku o te puna kupu, kei kitea te kiporo o te toki whao kōrero? He aha oti ia rānei, e te iwi?