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Wairua o te puna,
o te whenua
Wairua o te puna,
aroha e! x 4
Wairua o te puna aroha,
Aroha, aroha! x 2
I tau i tau i runga ra
he tangata
hei ora
mo nga mea katoa
o te whenua,
o te rangi,
o waenganui
Kia pupu, pupu ake x 3
Aroha, aroha, a-ro-ha!
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The spirit is bubbling up
all across the land
And the spirit welling up
is love!
The spirit welling up is love,
affection, togetherness!
Situated high above us
is a being
that is the
lifeforce
for all things
upon the land,
in the spiritual world,
and in between.
May it bubble up for ever,
Love, affection, togetherness!
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Hori
Mataiawhea Taiapua Tait (Ngai Tuhoe, Te Arawa)
was born at Ruatoki in 1922 to Taiapua
Mataiawhea Tait and Violet Waireti Tait (nee
Trainor). He married Waitangi Te Maipi and
worked in Auckland as a cultural officer for the
Maori Affairs Department.