Manuhuia

Manuhuia

Manuhuia pērā hoki rā i te moa
Kore e kitea ngāro noa
Aue taukiri e
Manuhuia
Hoihoi ana tō tangi karanga
Rongohia e te hunga wairua
Aue Tangihia
Te rau o Mārere Ko Rau-Ariki
Ko Tore-huia ka tikitiki
rite nei i a koe Manuhuia
Ko Tawera te whetu marama
I te aka ka tira marama
Rite nei I a koe Manuhuia

Manuhuia pērā hoki rā i te moa
Kore e kitea ngāro noa
Aue taukiri e, taukiri e

Kua ngaro nei rā ko te Manhuia e
Tuku atu rā te kupu kia rere iho rā
Ki runga ake i ngā maunga tapu me ngā Awa rerenga
Kua karapinepinea o ngā taonga hīhīrā
O Rangitane, tangata rau, Rangitane, te tapuwaetahi, o Rangitane
Whai te iti Kahurangi rapu ai te pae tawhiti
Mau nei te aka matua kia kore ai e hurihuri
Ko ngā kupu o ngā Tupuna e arahina nga uri
O Rangitane, tangata rau, Rangitane, te tapuwaetahi, o Rangitane
Whano, whano, haramai te tōki, haumi e, hui e, taiki e.

Manuhuia was written for a CD produced by Pūkaha MT Bruce in 2002.

Produced by Tony Silbery, this CD of native bird song from Pukaha/Mount Bruce takes the listener on a melodic voyage from one dawn to another. The waiata (track 3) was composed and recorded by Rangitaane O Wairarapa especially for this project. It pays homage to the now extinct Huia, a native of Pukaha/Mount Bruce last seen in the Tararua forest in 1907. The concept, music and words are by Mike Kawana. "Pukaha: songs from the forest" won the Conservation Initiative Award at the 2002 Wellington Conservation Awards.