Tangaroa - Te Moana nui a Toi (Bay of Plenty)

Listening to this song and watching the video transported me back to coastline of my childhood, Whakatane, Ohope, Opotiki...and the lakes, rivers and streams, Whirinaki, Rangitaiki, Whaeo, Lake Taupo, Rotoiti

http://youtu.be/yblB87dpJGc

Made me want to go to the sea here in Wellington

Maisey Rika is one of the most distinctive and beautiful voices in Maoridom today

Lyrics

Te ararau o Tangaroa
E rere ki te papaurunui 
(x3)

Tahora nui ātea
Te manawa o te moana
Te mauri o Tangaroa
Tangaroa whakamautai
Tangaroa whakamautai

Tūtara Kauika
He poutiriao
Te wai o Tangaroa
Te wai o Tangaroa

Te tangi a te tohorā
He tohu nō aituā
Te mau a Tangaroa
Te mau a Tangaroa

He kaitiaki
He taonga 
He tipua
He ariki
He taniwha
He tipua
He kaitiaki
He taonga
He tipua
Tangaroa whakamautai

Nā Maisey Rika i whakapākehātia. 
English translation by Maisey Rika

The various waterways of Tangaroa
Flow back into its voluminous source
(x3)

The vast expanse
The heart of the ocean
The life-force of Tangaroa
Tangaroa commander of the tides

A pod of whales (or in reference to Tūtara Kauika the historical whale guardian ancestor)
A supernatural phenomenon
Evolving from the waters of Tangaroa
The waters of Tangaroa

The cry of the whale
Signals a warning 
The power of Tangaroa
The power of Tangaroa
Tangaroa commander of the tides

A guardian
A precious treasure
A strange / supernatural being
A god
Of the ancient prehistoric realm
A guardian
A precious treasure
A strange / supernatural being
Tangaroa commander of the tides.