Totara Tree - Te Mokai Roopu Waiata

[emmelby]

Rehab anthem! Still get emotional listening to this song, even 11 years on.

[Arom3a]

Havent heard this for years. Love it!

[tuauri1313]

love this song, miss use nans and koro's

[lissiet22]

LOVE this song, attahua. got me through rehab, and after rehab. was at my friends memorial. beautiful song, brings tears to my eyes everytime

[LadyFlatz]

Absolutely beautiful, thank you soo much for putting it up! Been looking for this for ages! First heard this on Koro's Hat when I was a kid, its always haunted me in a good way, and I still love it :)

[bub6219]

Mean! 

[MASIKAHfam]

my uncle Roger was a member of this band, never heard their music just seen the poster in our whanau home down Ranfurly in gizzy. awesome waiata. proud of my uncle. mean maori mean, GODBLESS [=

[clayt247]

hey i remember this song was on an old movie i remember watching as a kid. but cant remember what it was called... is there any chance you can help me out as i want to find that movie!

[LadyFlatz]

@clayt247 Koro's Hat

[clayt247]

@LadyFlatz thank you so much. me and a friend of mine have been racking our brains for months trying to think of this!

[LadyFlatz]

@clayt247 lol that's okay. I only know cause the older girl who acts as 'babe' is my first kusi! So we were brought up watching it lol

[badn1ss]

I hope you don't mind if I sing this Beautiful Waiata at my Papa's Tangi ? He is the Last Totara of our Whanau and when I heard this song it felt so right....I hope I can be strong enough to Do the song & my Papa Justice........

Arohatinonui Aaron

[CharJake10]

has anybody got derek biddles number?? I lost it :-( just wanna touch base with him, kiaora

[nowaykiwi]

@CharJake10 Can I ask way you need to contact him as I have his no#, juz need to know why you want it... thanks

[CharJake10]

@nowaykiwi kia ora i used to work with him @ woolworths, sydney. If you tell him Jake is asking for his number he will know who you're talking about. Tena ra koe

[justintympam]

kia ora just wanted you guys to know that when i get homesick i just listen to you guys.your time in te reinga did leave influence and i have carried he tohu aroha with me everywhere.now it is the song that reminds me of my mumma.love you mum and miss you loads always on my mind and in my heartxxxxxx

[forden3]

wow what a beautiul song mean moari mean glad to be a Maori

[bellanita]

My Auntie Rongo loved this song so it reminds me of her...she had a beautiful voice and sang this to me once. RIP Rongomai Wahine xxx

[jahza1]

this is a mean az song i tutoko this song.....kia kaha

[nowaykiwi]

To all those that left us messages. To see your beautiful comments saying we have inspired you and others in some way or form is a awesome feeling of accomplishment as Maori writers and performers. We take this time to say that without your support, we are nothing, it is you the people that receive our music into your hearts which in turn inspires and encourages us to do what we do in terms of our waiata... Thank you all so very much for your comments...

[nectar54]

When I found this song the first time- it was after I wrote spiritually and described myself as the totara tree. A lady in Canada sent me to it. It was so powerfully strong I cried. I have loved it ever since. I lost my son to murder six years ago and it reminds me of my life with him. The pain I feel in this song touches my pain and the depth it reaches is healing. Thank you to the writer of this song and to the singers who touched me at soul level

[m1sj1f]

TE MOKAI...yeyah!!! best musicians to learn from. MEAN WHANAU MEAN. u awl luk soooooooOOooo dayam gorgous

[nzcaribbean]

Too much great Kiwi band, stand tall & be proud!! Kia Kaha!!!

[nursiegyrl]

Wow.... loved this song when i was younger. 20years ago during our student exchange it became the anthem for the small group of maori kids.. it had a way of taking our hearts home to our whanau... wonderful.... thanks a heap for posting it xxxx

[msiroamevwea]

Could u please help me i was told that a young women wrote this song when she was in jail, if so what was her name? if not i apologise it's such a beautiful song who wrote it?

[nowaykiwi]

Hello, who ever told you that is passing you the wrong information... Its was original conceived by Wiremu Nia Nia at the Bar 20 Tiniroto 1983..

[madmaori07]

2 much unkles mean maori

[tehamua]

Tena koe Wiremua. He waiata rangatira tenei, a, kua noho hei waiata mata kite, reo rongo a te iwi Maori... an icon bro!

Thanjks for writing this song and helping inspire the younguns like myself from Gizzy.

Te Mokai are chiefs in te ao waiata/puoro Maori... I humbly bow down :-)

[kre8ted4u]

HARD

[nakoma3]

mean song use to sing this at school kai ora

[PetsBabiiGurl]

i remember when these guys use to be the street kids that use to stay at our marae in te reinga wairoa.they were pretty cool it was fun having them around back then. then they moved to bar 20 dont know what happened after that...arohamai te mokai....

[hunimumi]

Kia ora 4 this song i remember this from when i was younger from the 1st time i herd it i loved it and still do. Every nw and then it pops up in my head and i start singing and now i can let my kids hear it. Its one of my favs..I was suprised my husband doesn't no it (Thats just not right) Thats about to change...So again Thank U 4 This Awsum Awsum Song

[maiseyrikatv]

tena koe e te Matua, Ko Maisey teenei, heoi ko taaku nei he mihi kau ake ki a koe, mo te tito i teenei waiata ataahua, i a au e kura ana i te kura tuarua o Hato Hohepa waemaria katoa ahau ki te ako ki te waiata hoki i to waiata korekore rawa e warewarehia nga kupu ahakoa nga tekau tau kua pahure kau ake nei i aau e taitamariki tonu ana kua mau nga kupu ki tooku ngaakau ki tooku wairua hoki...

[mattoo6000]

being lookin 4 this band 4 years since i saw dem at da 61 pad inchch

[AotearoaForever]

Any chance of posting the chords?

[korohemi]

I tona wa i tu totara

Pioi mahaki ana e

Whakako ana i te aio

Tangi ana ahau

Tu tangata mahea

tangi tonu ahau.

These I think are some of the maori words, I don't remember them all, as it has been almost 13 years since I last heard it in maori.

Still a beautif waiata e hika ma, mahara au ki aku hoa kua hinga ki tua o paerau, ki tua o te kahurangi.

E hoa ma moe mai i roto i nga ri nga a te matua nui i te rangi.

[kre8ted4u]

mean...

i typed it in and then boom.

YYYYYYYYeah turanui a kiwa haaaaaaaard

[clarkyzsherie]

What about Wi,Sas and Sha ? NGATIPOROU , grew up listening to Te mokai , Gizzy hard

[mizmood]

An all time fave. Ty for sharing it.