He mihi ki te iwi nui

Haere mai e te motu me te āo, kia kite koe i te puapua, kia kite koe i ngā weriweri, kia kite koe i a Tohu Kākahi rāua ko Te Whiti o Rongomai, te tangata nāna i here mai ngā mamae mō te motu, te tangata nāna i whakaura te karaka e tū nei, ko te rangimārie ko te rongomau ki te āo.

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.