He mihi ki te iwi nui
Draw close, welcome, people of the land and of the world, so you can see the source
of song, so that you can see the guardians, so that you can see Tohu Kākahi
and Te Whiti o Rongomai, the man who brings together the grievances of the country,
the man who unfurled the emblem, who planted the seed of peace as a foundation for
the world.
