Taku reo rangatira i heke mai nō tūāuki
Nō ngā tīpuna nei au ka mihi!
Ko tō reo rangatira he taonga pūritia!
Arohaina!
Whakamānawatia!
Whiua ki te ao tō reo rerehua
Whiua ki te rangi (ha)
Whiua kia hora (a)
Whiua ki ngā iwi katoa
(Hao hao)
Nōku te māngari i taku reo rangatira
He reo kāmehameha
Kua ora māua i a māua
Nōku te māngari i taku reo rangatira
He reo kāmehameha
Kua ora māua i a māua anō
Kia tū māia koe
Me kaha koe ki te kōrero
Me whakapono ka tāea e koe
Ahakoa tōna iti
Ahakoa tōna rahi
Kia ita ki tō reo rangatira
Whiua ki te ao tō reo rerehua (a)
Whiua ki te rangi (ha)
Whiua kia hora (a)
Whiua ki ngā iwi katoa
(Hao hao)
Nōku te māngari i taku reo rangatira
He reo kāmehameha
Kua ora māua i a māua
Nōku te māngari i taku reo rangatira
He reo kāmehameha
Kua ora māua i a māua
E hika kōrerotia (hei)
Kia tīkina ko ngā kupu a Tā Apirana
Ko nga a o ngā pū ka whakamārama
I te noho a te tangata ki te ao
I te hono anō hoki o te tangata ki te taiao (hei hei hei)
Ko te i te pū i taketake i te tāhūhū te matua a Rangi
Ko te u te pū ka whakawhenua anō i te tangata ki a Papatūānuku
Nō reira e te iwi
Whakamānawatia te reo rangatira, te reo kamehameha
Tuari ki te rangi!
Tuari ki te papa!
Tuari ki te ao ko te ao mārama!
Nōku te māngari i taku reo rangatira
He reo kāmehameha
Kua ora māua i a māua
Nōku te māngari i taku reo rangatira
He reo kāmehameha
Kua ora māua i a māua anō