Aroha Nz

this is my song, my love song of you, my land, my heart love for green ferns silver beneath volcanic lakes so deep taniwha never disturbed tane mahuta ancestral wisdom sings his love of freedom of power listen O dwellers for the great king's ways this is my song, my love song of you, my land, my heart mountains lifted to snow lovingly protect greenstone below rocks and grasses bear wind centuries blown tiers of bush house birds of cheek keas that wreck anything loose kiwi flightless night worm hunters listen as little ruru calls 'morepork morepork' love for the swamplands full of raupo and pukeko flaxes edge all tall sentinels bearing bearing beloved tui nectar spears this is my song my love song of you my land, my heart love soars high to black sand beaches constant companions to white thrashing surf merging with stony clear eel filled rivers love surges forth to oceans of silver muscled kawhai delights for stomach and eye birds of sky and sea gather love to me this is my song my love song of you my land my heart N.Z. waiata - aroha (class) maori poem song 23-8-18