Friday 13 March 2015

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


3 comments:

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  2. He pai tō tito haka Te Rata! He tino whakahirahira te kaupapa. Ae, he pai tō mahi me tō whakaaro. Ngā mihi maioha ki a koe :)

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  3. Tenei te mihi atu ki a koe e Kristin. Please, share this round

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