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Haumanu (ft Tama Waipara)

from Whitiora by Maisey Rika

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Taku tūātea ka whati i te āheu
Papaki tū ana ngā tai ki te Onetapu
O Motunamata
(x2)
I hea au
I te uranga mai
O te ahi papakura

Hōmai te waiora,
Haumanu, hauora
Kia manawatītī
(x2)

He manapou, he manatawa, he manawa whenua
He oranga-ā-nuku, he oranga-ā-rangi e
(x2)
Mā te hau tāwaho
E pupuhi mai nei
He hōmai aroha

Taku tūātea… (x4)

Nā Tuirina Wehi, Paora Teka, Wharekōtua Hare, Rangihurihia McDonald, Betty Brown, rātou ko Harawira Savage i whakapākehātia. English translation by Tuirina Wehi, Paora Teka, Wharekōtua Hare, Rangihurihia McDonald, Betty Brown and Harawira Savage.

The crest of my wave broken by the southerly winds of no bounds
Crashing on the sacred sands of the future
(x2)
Consumed by the struggle to live
I was blinded and did not see your
(Mother Earth) warning signs

Therefore provide sustenance to the world
Revitalize to a full enduring health

The life essence that wells up from the heart of the land
To rejuvenate Heaven and Earth
(x2)
With the breeze that blows hither carrying love

The crest of my wave…(x4)

credits

from Whitiora, released September 28, 2012
Ngā kaitito o ngā kupu: Tuirina Wehi
(Te Whakatōhea, Te Aitanga-ā-Māhaki, Ngāti Kahungunu), Pāora Teka (Tūhoe), Wharekōtua Hare (Te Arawa, Tūhoe), Rangihurihia
McDonald (Ngāti Maniapoto), Betty Brown (Ngāti Maniapoto), Harawira Savage (Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau)
Ngā kaitito o te rangi: Tama Waipara
(Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Ruapani, Ngāti Porou), JJ Rika, Maisey Rika
Ngā kaiwaiata: Tama Waipara, Maisey Rika

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Maisey Rika New Zealand

Maori singer/songwriter Maisey Rika, has one of Aotearoa's most impressive lead vocal style, fused with her honest and thought invoking messages.

Some have described her sound similar to Tracey Chapman or Sade, with a splash of India Arie. Her spine tingling vocals and fusion of English and Maori (Te Reo) lyrics is capturing the hearts of soul seekers both in New Zealand and abroad. ... more

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