Nā te Rangihouhiri

Na te Rangihouhiri mātou e 

Ko Rauru kī tahi e

He iwi mokemoke manene e 

He mokai nanakia he tutua 

Hiki nuku i te ara ngā kuri neko a Tarawhata

Ka ū ki Tauranga e...

Ko Uenuku koe tawhana i te rangi

Ko Ngāi Te Rangi e..

We descend from Rangihouhiri 

He himself descended from Rauru 

A reject people, who left their home

A slave people, of no note

Who travelled the land to arrive at Mauao

To settle in Tauranga...

Like Uenuku who spanned the sky

So are we Ngāi Te Rangi