OKA WHENUA, OKA MOANA

This is a haka I just wrote
I am not a seasoned writer of haka and this is my VERY FIRST attempt.
The haka is short but carries a message expressing a Maori opinion on Deep Sea Oil Drilling
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HAKA

OKA WHENUA, OKA MOANA

Na TeRata Hikairo 2015

I te timatanga,

Na nga Atua, whakaataahua,

To ratou whaea

A Papatuanuku

Ma Tane, te whakakaakahu

Ma Hine-Moana e piata ai te wai

Ma taatou, nga Uri

E whakamana ai ratou

Me te tiaki to tatou Whaea, a Papatuanuku

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I te mea, ko ia te Whaea

Na wai te whakaaro o te OKA???

Te okaina ai to taatou Whaea,

Te okaina i te Moana.

Oka te Ngakau

Okaina te Pito,

Okaina kia

Kohuru a Ruaumoko

Okaina te Tangata

Rere ai te Toto,

Okaina te Whenua

Rere ai te Hinu.

Ko nga hua he rite,

Rite ai nga hua

Mate ai Whenua

Mate ai te Tangata,

HI HA AUE HA HI!!!!!

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Translation

In the beginning, the task of the Gods was to beautify their mother

Their Mother Papatuanuku.

Tane’s task was to clothe,

Hine-Moana’s task was to make the water sparkle.

We who descend from the Gods,

Must honour them by continuing this sacred task.

If Papatuanuku is our mother,

Who could think to STAB her???

To stab the Earth and

To stab the Sea.

Stab (her) heart

Stab (her) navel

Stabbing and murdering (her baby)

Ruaumoko

If a person is stabbed, blood flows

If the earth is stabbed then Oil flows.

The result is the same,

You get the same result

If the Earth dies

Then People will die