Tuatahi pohi mō te Tau hau

He Pohi 

Homai tō awhina me tō pito kōrero

Ka hoki au ano ki te kaupapa te atārangi mō te tuatahi wahanga a te tau nei.

I te harikoa au ki te whakaako me te wairua nui o ngā ratu pō. 

Kei te ako tonu ahau i te reo Māori. 

He aha ngā wero a te tau nei?  Or  Ko aku wero i tēnei tau?

Tahi - Ka parakitihi au ngā karakia whakawātea me te karakia timatanga

Rua - Ka tautoko au ngā tangata pukenga o taku mahi me te tikanga mō 

He kainga mahi mō te rā rima o te Poutū-te-rangi ki raro nei

Ka whakatika au ngā rerenga ki raro

Ka ora au i a koe

Kua pau tana pūtea i tana wahine

I riro te whenua i te tama mātāmua

Ka paru tō rātou whare i a rātou

I kino te huritau i a koe.

He karakia timatanga

Traditional Karakia:

Whakataka te hau ki te uru
Whakataka te hau ki te tonga
Kia mākinakina ki uta
Kia mātaratara ki tai
E hī ake ana te atākura
He tio, he huka, he hauhū
Tihei mauri ora!

Get ready for the westerly
and be prepared for the southerly.
It will be icy cold inland,
and icy cold on the shore.
May the dawn rise red-tipped on ice,
on snow, on frost.