'Māori Ki Te Ao' is about standing strong in our identity.
'I AM' was the reclamation of identity.
Māori Ki Te Ao is the knowing of who we are, and where we come from.
It is who I am.
This is my love letter to Tūhoe and to my Tūhoetanga.
This song and video is a representation of just a small portion of who we are as Tūhoe.
This is where we come from and who we have become.
My hearts desire for our kaupapa is that no matter where we come from or who we come from, that we continue to know we are incredible, that we are more than good enough. 
That we are powerful.
That we can just be.
I am but one person. I am not the representation of our iwi or of our hapū. But I am Tūhoe nonetheless.
This is a collective kaupapa of nga uri o Ngai Tūhoe. Mana Māori Motuhaki. Tūhoe ki te ao. Te reo Māori ki te ao ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

Thank you to everyone involved in this waiata. This kaupapa. My uri and I will be forever blessed knowing that this is part of our whakapapa.
Our whānau. Our whārua. Our kainga. Our tikanga. Our taonga. Our culture. Our reo Māori ki te ao…
Tena tātou katoa ❤️❤️❤️


Kaihaka - Haromi Williams, Te Rauaroha Raiatea Selwyn, Poukohe Tawhara, Jayde Manaia Selwyn, Te Arawairua Manukaewa Selwyn, Te Awarua Anasta, Whakamaumahara JJ Rangihau-Whauwhau, Te Rurehe Stewart-Tawhara, Te Rangianiwaniwa Stewart-Tawhara, ngā kaihaka o Te Pā Tū
Rangatira - Pou Temara, Tame Iti, Willy Rua
Special thanks - Kristen Ross, Tawarau Marae, Long White Cloud Productions, all our ringa wera, kai karanga, paepae, aunties, uncles, koroua, kuia, our babies & my incredible wife, Louise Walker.

Written by - Stan Walker, Te Kanapu Anasta, Matt Sadgrove, Riapo Panapa
Produced by - Matt Sadgrove
Musicians -  Matt Sadgrove, Riapo Panapa, Te Kahuirangi Webster, Trojahn Tuna, Christian Mausia
Background singers - Matt Sadgrove, Trojahn Tuna, Te Kahuirangi Webster, Tawaroa Kawana, Sarah Hanita-Paki, Te Kanapu Anasta, Eugene Temara, Nathan Soloman, Teowai Webster, Aukaha Kakau
Supported by - NZ On Air Music

MĀORI KI TE AO - lyrics
He Māori ahau 
Āke, ake 
He Tūhoe ahau 
Mana Motuhake 
Tōku reo 
He taketake 
He tuku iho 
Kei wareware 
Ko wai koe 
Nā wai koe 
Tō mana 
He rangatira 
Ue 
Mahuta mai rā 
E tū e 
Horahia 
Me tuku e 
Te reo Māori ki te ao 
He kākano au 
I ruia mai 
I te kohu e 
Whanake mai ai 
Whanawhanaua 
Te reanga hou 
Kei tūpou 
Kei wareware 
Ko wai koe 
Nā wai koe 
Tō mana 
He rangatira 
Ue 
Mahuta mai rā 
E tū e 
Horahia 
Me tuku e 
Te reo Māori ki te ao 
Kei wareware 
Ko wai koe 
Nā wai koe 
Tō mana 
He rangatira 
 
English translation
MĀORI INTO THE WORLD
I am Māori
Forevermore
I am Tūhoe
Self-determined
My language
Is enduring
Inherited
Lest you forget
Who you are
Who you’re descended from
Your legacy
Is of nobility
Push
Rise up
Stand up
Spread it far and wide
Release
The Māori language into the world
I am a seed
Who was sown
In the mist
Spring up
Multiply
The new generation
Raise your heads
Lest you forget
Who you are
Who you’re descended from
Your legacy
Is of nobility
Push
Rise up
Stand up
Spread it far and wide
Release
The Māori language into the world
Lest you forget
Who you are
Who you’re descended from
Your legacy
Is of nobility
Wasted indeed
Our noble language would be
Merely left idling
The language like a flame
Ignites the enduring fire
Of the soul
It is armouring that shelters
Fostering true potential
To take action is to live
To hesitate is to die
Rise, arise
Be upright
Push
Rise up
Stand up
Spread it far and wide
Release
The Māori language into the world

Stan Walker - Māori Ki Te Ao

“Eternal Echoes” is a sonic meditation on the moment of the First Thought, the spark of awareness that stirred before time, space, or sound. With a reverent, spacious soundscape and poetic lyrics that bridge science, spirit, and story, this song explores the origin of consciousness as both memory and mystery. Floating between silence and becoming, it invites the listener inward, to remember what they’ve always known.

Eternal Echoes

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