Just thought I would send a little prayer/song which we are doing at the beginning and end of one of our presentations. We do it as a prayer at the beginning and a song at the end. It is a powerpoint slide with a few different pictures attached to it. So you have to start the slide show to get the special effects. Would like to put it on the blog. Not sure if possible! I am teaching three women to sing the Karakia so we have a Waiata at the end. Seems like a full way to end, by singing our heads off.
Whakataka te hau ki te uru,
Cease the winds from the West,
Whakataka te hau ki te tonga.
Cease the winds from the South.
Kia mākinakina ki uta,
Let the breezes blow over the land,
Kia mātaratara ki tai.
Let the breezes blower over the ocean.
E hī ake ana te atākura.
Let the red-tipped dawn come
He tio, he huka, he hauhunga.
With a sharpened air, a touch of frost, a promise of a glorious day.
Tihēi Mauri Ora!
Behold there is life!
Katrina Gaskin
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