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OUR HAKA

VERSE 1:

Leader: Kia rite, kia rite, kia mau! Prepare, holdfast!
Group: Hi! Ready/move!
Leader: Neke atu, neke mai Be prepared to advance or retire                             
Group: Hi! Ready/move!
Leader: Neke nekehia Advance 
Group: Hi! Ready/move!
Leader: Neke nekehia Advance 
Group: Hi! Ready/move!
Leader: Turi whatia Break away and stabilise
Group: Hi! Ready/move!
Leader: Kia mataara e Be vigilant and alert
Group: Hi aue hi!               We are ready
Leader: Ngāti Tūmatāūenga e ngunguru nei          The guardian of war/mankind rumbles
Group: E au, au, aue ha hī! I do as well!
Leader: Ko ngā hōia rangatahi e ngunguru nei The young soldiers rumble
Group: E au, au, aue ha hī! I do as well
Leader: Hi ahaha! This is us!
Group:

Ka tū te ihi ihi
Ka tū te wanawana           
ki runga i te rangi e tū iho nei,
tū iho nei, hi!

The anticipation builds
Feel the formidale presence/force
which transcends from above,
from above!                                                                                                                      


VERSE 2:

Leader: I whawhai ngā tīpuna mō te iwi e To the ancestors who sacrificed their lives for us
Group:

Kaua rawa rā e whiua
ngā tāonga tapu o ngā Ātua
Papatūānuku,
Ranginui,
ngā kaitiaki e!

Never discard
the sacred gifts of our guardians, whom are,
the Earthmother,
the Skyfather,
and our collective guardians!


VERSE 3:

Leader: Puta mai rā e tama Let us express our youthfulness
Group:

Puta mai ō hara kino
Tū māia
Tū manawa
Tū rangatira
Tū pakari koe

Let us express what is good
Let us be brave
Let us be stout-hearted
As noble leaders
and with developing maturity


VERSE 4:

Leader: He aha hoki rā? What for now?
Group:

He aha hoki rā?
Whāia te iti kahurangi
Me tūtuki koe ki ōu moemoeā
Mō ake tonu atu e

What for now?
One must aim higher than the clouds  
In order to attain your dreams
Upwards and onwards


VERSE 5:

Leader: Ko wai rā? Who are we?
Group:

Ko wai rā?
Ānei mātou
ngā tama toa o Tūmatāūenga

Who are we?
We are
The young soldiers of the guardian of war
Leader: Ko wai rā? Who are we?
Group:

Ko wai rā?
Ko nga hōia
o te Kura Tūmatāūenga o Vanguard
E tū ake nei, e tū ake nei
Ana hī, ana hī, ana hī, auē hi!

Who are we?
We are soldiers
Of Vanguard Military School
We stand here, we stand here
Behold, behold, behold!

 

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