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Manu tāiko
Lead Bird
Manu ariki whakatakapōkai
Supreme commander
Hōpara makaurangi manu whakatau
Chief moa (superior bird)
Karamatamata o te rākau taumata
The pinnacle of the highest tree
Kahika tū o te nehenehe nui
Great Kahikatea standing erect in the great forest
Tōtara haemata o te wao nui a Tāne
Great Tōtara standing erect in the great forest of Tāne
Takere waka nunui
Great hull of the canoe
Pītau whakarei o te waka
The prow of the canoe
Kaiurungī o te waka
Steerer of the canoe
Rangatira mākoha nui
Gentle/compassionate leader
Kākā wahanui
Big mouth of the parakeet/parrot
Puananī o te reo
Widespread seeded flower of the language
E ngā reo wainene o te motu
Melodious voices of the country
Te reo koha mai a ngā atua
The voices gifted from the gods
He waitī, he waitā, he wainene
Mellifluous
Whītiki o te kī
Weaver of the word
Whakaniko o te kupu
Embellisher of the word
He rite ki te kōpara e kō nei I te ata
Just like the bell-bird singing at dawn
Me te pōhoi toroa tērā, pūaho ana
Like the intensely white down of the albatross
Mehemea ko Kōpū e rere ana i te pae
Like Venus appearing over the horizon in morning light
Ngā rau awa o te motu
The multiple rivers throughout the country
Maunga whakahī o tāukiuki rā anō
Elevated mountains of ancient times
Ngā rāuru o kurumatarērehu
The many spirals of the tattooed face
Pūioio rau o te tōtara haemata
-The multiple knots of the vigorous tōtara
Ngā hau e whā
The four winds