`Oi Ola Wai Honua

E ke akua nui, akua iki

Akua loa, akua poko

Akua lipo ka pō i akua lile ke ao

O wehea nāhi o lani

`Oi ola wai honua.

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While There is Time

To profound potential great and small,

near and far...

The fertile profoundness of night

for the glistening of day

Lay open the fires of heaven

While there is still water on earth.

-Na Taupōuri Tangarō