Day 4 activity 1 - The waiata - A song in your heart SLJ

Kia ora and welcome back to my blog!

This activity is about my favourite maori waiata that you found on google search. I didn't really need to google some waiata's because I know heaps. There are 2 waiata's that I like which are "Tiaho mai ra" and "Ka pioioi". 

Why do I like these 2 songs? Well, because in Kiko you can use poi's and I LOVE using poi's and in Tiaho mai ra, the song is about aroha. 

Here are the lyrics to Ka pioioi:

Ka pioioi¹ e
Tohu aroha haukāinga

E hoki mai rā
Kia kite atu i tō iwi e.

E rotarota² ana
E katakata ana mai rā.

Pūkana³ whetero⁴ mai
I te ihi⁵ ā ō mātua.⁶

Kia kite atu ano
I tō ataahua ai kanapa⁷
Pupuhi ai e te hau⁸
Kapohia āku roimata.

Ka pioioi he
tohu aroha haukāinga

Here are the lyrics to Tiaho mai ra:

Tiaho mai rā
Te whetu o te ata
Kopu i te ao,
Pareārau i te pō
Ka tu te ao marama
he ao hara
Tu mai rā koe hei tohu i ahau,
Tu mai rā koe hei tohu i ahau,

E kore te aroha,
E kaupare noa
Hoki mai rā ki ahau, e te tau.
Hoki mai rā ki ahau, e te tau.

Tiaho mai rā
Te whetu o te ata
Kopu i te ao,
Pareārau i te pō
Ka tu he o marama
he ahara
Tu mai rā koe hei tohu i ahau, 

Tu mai rā koe hei tohu i ahau

Thanks for reading and more blog posts will be coming so stay tuned!

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