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Matarehu te pōkere
Huna iho nei
Taku rua maioro
Te pō tē kitea
Taiwhanga noa
Mao te ua
Unuhia te pō
Maea ake a tūkāriri
A tūkāniwha
E ara e hika ē
Nāku te whakarehu
Te tahakura
Manawa rau
Manawa pōpore
Kia ū te manawarere
Hēōi anō rā te kōrero
E ai ki te rongo i o mātau pakeke
E kōrero ana
Ko te takenga mai o taua pakanga
Ki o rātau mahara
He whakatū pakanga noa iho
Nā te taha Pākehā i ērā wā
Kia whiwhi ai rātau tētahi kaupapa
Hei tango i te whenua
Vision obscured
’tis black
Within the trench
I see nothing but darkness
And I wait
The rain stops
Night is no more
Battle emerges
With fortitude
I bear witness
Arise
Here, in my dream
’tis a haze
I’m uneasy, apprehensive
Be still my heart
The rain stops
Night is no more
Battle emerges
With fortitude
I bear witness
Arise
However, upon listening to the discussions of our elders
The origin of the battle was to create a reason and was a premeditat-ed action by Pākehā to warrant confiscation of the land