Kay McKenzie Cooke
(Kati Mamoe, Ngai Tahu, Ngati Kohungunu)
KIA ORA
‘Kia hora te marino,
Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana,
Kia tere te Karohirohi i mua i tou huarahi’
(Maori proverb).
Translation : (May the calm be widespread,
May the ocean glisten as greenstone,
May the shimmer of light ever dance across your pathway).
