Te reo
He huarahi ki te ao tūroa
I te tīmatatanga, ko Te Kore
Ko To Pō
Nā Te Pō
Ka puta Te Kukune
Ko Te Pupuke
Ko Te Hihiri
Ko Te Mahara
Ko Te Manako
Ka puta ki Te Whei Ao
Ki Te Ao Mārama
Tihewa mauri ora
English
In the beginning there was The Void
Within The Void was The Night
From within The Night, seeds were cultivated
It was here that movement began – The Stretching
There The Shoots enlarged and swelled
Then there was Pure Energy
Then there was The Sub-conscious
Then The Desire to Know
Movement from Darkness to Light, from conception to birth
From learning comes Knowing
I sneezed and there is life
Traditional Māori ways of knowing the world and the genealogy of creation begin with Io Taketake (The Originator) and evolve through different spheres of development until the present day. The recital above is an example of these spheres.
