Ko Te Aro te marae

Location:         Te Aro Pā

Type of site:    Papakāinga

Condition:        As good as ever

Scene:              Baby-making

 

He tūpuna

He taura here tāngata

He mokopuna

He ariki

He atua

Haere, haere, haere atu rā

 

Ask the posts of your whare tūpuna

about fibres intertwined

Before your birth you were

whakapapa, etched on our faces

When you are born you are

a microcosm of the beyond

And when you die that will be

just one layer of your journey

so go! Go! Go!