Learning Te Reo Māori isn't easy. I'm trying and I'm struggling but I will do it. I am learning because of my parents. This is my beautiful father. He lit a fire on the day my beautiful mother died. I miss them both everyday.

E tū ana ahau i te maunga MANA TANIWHA

Ka whakawhiti atu ki ngā pae maunga o MANGAMUKA

Ka titiro whakararo ki te awa o TAUWAI

E rere kau ana ki te moana o WHANGAROA MOANA me MOANA-NUI-A-KIWA

Kei reira tōku waka o MAMARI e tau ana, e kawe ana i ōna uri

Ka huri tōku mata ki toku marae o KARANGAHAPE, ko re wāhi i nohia ai e ōku tipuna.

Ko HONGI HIKA te tangata

Nāna nei te marae o KAITANGATA i taurima.

Hei whakaruruhau ia a NGAPUHI

Ko Huhana tōku ingoa

Tēnā koutou, Tēnā koutou, Tēnā tātou katoa