Ko wai ahau

Ka topa ka tiu tahaku manu ki Maukatere 

whakawhiti ai a nōti Raureka ki Te Tai o Poutini

Ka tau tahaku manu ki Tūhua

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Rere atu ki te moana nui a Kiwa ka topaki te manu

ki te moutere o Toka tapu, ki Kotirana ki Aerana.

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Ko ahau tēnei, ko tēnei e mihi atu ana.

Ko Paris Tainui tōhoku ikoa. 

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There are many a place I come from! more local is here in Te wai pounamu.

my mother is of Tongan, Scottish and Irish decent and my father is of Kāi tahu descent. 

Tāmaki makaurau is the city we were raised in.

Queenstown is the town we call home.