Sharing Poetry: A Poem (in Maori)

HE POEM

Papa

Mama

Te tamaiti

Uncle

Whakaauau

Nga whanaunga o te toto

Hut

Kohi

Putea

Hei whakatipu

Rarihi

Muddy

Tuhinga

Tuhinga

Ki te karanga

Pirate

Hei whakaeke

Hei tukituki

Hei whakawehi

Hei whakawehi

Hei Maehe

Nga ngaru

Tuhinga o mua

He kaha te peke

Ki te kore

Pono

He tangi, he moe ranei

Ki te maturuturu

He maha

Tuhinga

He wera

Ox-kaata

Tuhinga o mua

Pononga

Tae waka

Ki te Whakapeke

Pretend

Te nekehanga

Hei peke

Ki te mahanga

Tuhinga

Ki te tao

Rhinoceros

Hei takahi

Hei tan

Tuhinga

Hei tatari

Hei tohu

Ki te puehu

Hei tango

Mica

Silver

Hei ine

Radius

Paa

Hei peke

Hei neke

Hei hanga

Ki te dam

Hei whakaoho

Tuhinga

Ki te huri

Ki te turaki

Hei whakangaro

Hei kata nui

Te whakanui

Hei whakamarara

He Poem.