He Reta ki te Tirti nā Te Ara Whānui

Nā Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ara Whānui

Tēnā koe, te Tiriti o Waitangi 

A treaty born of compromise and pain 

Signed by our tīpuna, with hopes and dreams 

For a future where our cultures would entwine

Article One, the Crown’s promise to protect 

Our language, our culture, our tikanga to respect 

But history tells a different story, one of shame 

Assimilation, suppression, and a legacy of pain 

Article Two, the guarantee of our rights 

To our whenua, our taonga, our very lives 

But still we fight, for the land we hold dear 

Against the Crown’s breaches, year after year 

Article Three, the gift of citizenship 

But at what cost, our identity, our whakapapa? 

We’re forced to confirm, to fit the mould 

Leaving our Māoritanga, our souls to grow old 

Yet still we rise, with resilience and might 

Our reo, our culture, shining like the morning light 

In our Kura Kaupapa, we learn and grow 

Embracing our heritage, letting our spirits glow

Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a treaty of old 

A promise unfulfilled, a story yet untold 

But we hold on to hope, to the dreams of our past 

For a future where our cultures will forever last.