Te Maurea Whiritoi | Poi | 2025 | A Source of Love by Te Puea

Poi of Te Maurea Whiritoi from the Tainui Regional Secondary School Kapa Haka Competition 2025.
Lyrics and tune composed by Toti & Frankie West.

QUOTE
Poi prorotiti, taupatupatua!

We will ride the Taikehu River.
Uea waerea, e.
Ka kau takawani, ka kau takawana.
Paneiraira,
whakhatika atu rā,
ki te te ngā o nga vai, e.
Awē!

A spring of love from Te Puea.

A spring of life,
a breath of life from the land.
A spring of people,
when it comes out, it lives.
E hine, e tāma mā,
kia rite ngā ringa raupā.
A spring of love from Te Puea.

Ko Ngāruawāhia,
tōkū Tūrangawaewae
for the whole world,
for the King movement.
A spring of love from Te Puea.

Poi prorotiti tau patupatua!
Poi prorotiti tau patupatua!

Patua te rori.
A small rourou a haere,
ko Te Pou-o-Mangatāwhiri,
hei rourou kimiora mō te iwi.
A spring of love by Te Puea.

Poi porotiti taupatupatua
Poi porotiti taupatupatua

E kare mā, kia sentara
ki te pene o haehana.
Mahia ngā mahi, e.

(It is) the rising of dreams,
the flowering of thought, e.

A spring of love by Te Puea.
Porotiti, taupatupatua,
hī!

TRANSLATION
Swing the poi, hit it in beat!

Swim the river of Taikehu.
Clear the way.
Go forth fearsome, go forth frightful.
Paneiraira,
go forth,
to the meeting place of the rivers.
Alas!

‘Tis the everlasting love of Te Puea.

A wellspring of life,
eternal.
'Tis a wellspring of people.
going forth to prosper.
Girls, and boys,
have your working hands at the ready.
'Tis the everlasting love of Te Puea.

Share it,
is my place of belonging
is for the world
Is for the King Movement.
'Tis the everlasting love of Te Puea

Swing the ball, hit it in beat!
Swing the ball, hit it in beat!

Hit the road.
'Tis the small food basket of the traveller,
'tis Te Pou-o-Mangatāwhiri.
a life searching food basket for the people.
'Tis the everlasting love of Te Puea.

Swing the ball, hit it in beat!
Swing the ball, hit it in beat!

Dear friends, be alert
of the sergeant (Te Puea).
Get the job done.

'Tis the awakening of dreams,
the realization of aspirations.

'Tis the everlasting love of Te Puea
Swing the ball, hit it in beat,
fish!