There's a land far across the ocean
And I hear it calling me home
It's my homeland, my own land, New Zealand
And I miss her wherever I roam.

And the songs that I love remind me
Of the places and people I know
Til the day I return to my home land
You'll hear me singing, wherever I go.

And I'll sing...

Me He Manu Rere
E Whitu Nga Waka
Hoki Mai and Pokarekare Ana
And I'll sing
Haere Ra e Hine
Waikaremoana
That's home sweet home to me

I can see silver streams and rivers
Quiet forests that stand proud and tall
And I remember the homefolk feeling
The friendliest people of all

And it bring backs the lakes and mountains
They seem to be calling out loud
To come home to the land I was born in
To the Land of the Long White Cloud

Where they sing...

Me He Manu Rere
E Whitu Nga Waka
Hoki Mai and Pokarekare Ana
And they sing
Haere Ra e Hine
and Waikaremoana
That's home sweet home to me.

Where they sing...

Me He Manu Rere
E Whitu Nga Waka
Hoki Mai and Pokarekare Ana
And they sing
Haere Ra e Hine
and Waikaremoana
That's home sweet home to me.