Tatai Whakapapa

Ko Rangi ko Papa

Ka puta ko Rongo

Ko Tane Mahuta

Ko Tangaroa

Ko Tumatauenga

Ko Haumiatiketike

Ko Tawhirimatea

Tokona  te Rangi ki runga

Ko Papa ki raro

Ka puta te ira tangata

Kite whai ao kite ao marama

E Rongo whakairia ake ki runga

Tuturu whakamoua kia tina!

Tina! Hui e! Taiki e

The geneology of Maori… the separation of parent… to let light into the world…  the children of nature…expanding for growth

Karakia for harvesting harakeke

Traditional prayer (karakia) for flax weavers:

Te Harakeke, Te Korari
Flax
Nga taonga whakarere iho
the treasure passed down to us
O te Rangi. O te Whenua. O nga Tupuna.
by the sky, the land, the ancestors
Homai he oranga mo matou
gives us health
Tihei mauri ora
for our life force