He waiata tangi

[lowienator30]

Nga mihi matakuikui kia koutou ma i tapaina, i tuhi i te waiata nei. Hotuhotu ana te whatumanawa mo te tamaiti ra a Nia. Na koutou i whakarangatira i nga maharatanga o te tamaiti kia kite mai te ao whanui i tona ataahua. Noreira kei te mihi. Tau ke! Te mutunga ke mai o te ataahua.

[up2yew01]

this song is rainbow by rainbow



[twrules1]

this is a sad song written for Nia from the family of Mokoia.

Rikihana and his students composed this song, and Rikihana put the tune to it.

This song is suppose to be sung by adults, but the kids sung it better when they performed it on stage at the national competition.

is tht in translation

kia ora mo to wa, o korero maori,

my maori isnt to gud bt im learning, took me a couply days to figure tht out bt it was gud going through learning tht, thank u very much

[twrules1]

He waiata tangi mo Nia na te whanau o Mokoia. Na nga akonga o ta Rikihana akomanga nga kupu. Na Rikihana te rangi i rapu. He tira pakeke teneki e waiata ana engari pai ake ta nga tamariki i a ratau i runga i te atamira i nga whakataetae o te motu.

is wat u told me

[twrules1]

BLOODY MEAN, I LOVE THE IDEA OF GETTING RAINBOWS SONG 4 THE TUNE. Thanx 4 posting this, buetifull singer, with the yamaha guitar

[EnforcerOfEpic]

@twrules1 i knew i heard the tune before, Ritchie Blackmore???

[TeHeukura]

wats dat Hiria???

[Hiria543]

ea shet!

[MaoriKotiro17]

such a beautiful song, i could feel the aroha just listening to them sing & just makes me want to cry .

Fly high babygirl

ox

[aroha3003]

Chur too much guys! Such a beautiful song for what have would have been a beautiful girl. You will always be loved Nia, You didn't deserve what happened to you. Now I hope your family suffer through the pain that you went through. And yet no one had the guts to step up to for you.

[chantpuawai]

Man that fullas powerful voice is mean maori mean!!

[bitmasala]

can anybody tell me who baby nia was.........great but sad song even though i don't understand the words......

[TouNiiti]

@bitmasala Was a kid that died on the 3rd of August 2007, due to physical abuse from her own family she'd been beaten, jumped on, held over a burning fire, had wrestling moves copied 4rm a game practiced on her, spit on, put in a dryer spinning at top heat for up to 30min folded into a sofa and sat on, shoved into piles of rubbish, dragged through a sandpit half-naked, flung against a wall, dropped 4rm high off the floor, and whirled rapidly on an outdoor rotary clothes line until thrown off

[punks4506]

beautiful guys beautiful

[blockerroach1]

awsome brothers..awsome.

[RoseeYtatana]

poor bubbah :( still makes me sad wen i hear her name... cruel people that did iht to huur... beautiful waiata e tane ma.. :)

[Rangirua]

Man l miss home

[Porkbonesful]

Beautiful waiata and what a classic tune to use (Catch the rainbow) makes the song even more touching...MEAN

[brathaspartan]

@Porkbonesful cheh didnt realize it was a tune to another song. I'm gonna check it out!

[pugma844]

tino ataahua waiata tangi, too much. does anybody know the words to this song?? 

[KataroQuick]

looks like pryor at the back

[MaoriSideLife]

mean ! duz enywun nau the delameres by anychance ?

[tureihapuku]

its quite passionate that a song is writeen

for our girl our moko our niece our tamariki,

who has departured us noow to be tore apart from

our hearts lost moe mai moe mai moe mai ra ,

e NIA

[DaSqweeg]

MORE!!!!

[bowaka74]

Amazing waiata..truly enjoy listening to you sing..

[n331cy]

mean az waiata, mean az voicez. Maori, pakeha, chinese.... people as a whole are NOT to blame for child abuse. It is the decision that an individual makes to ignore common sense, humanity and most of all LOVE that defines the character of a Child abuser. Its disgusting!!! I hate it!!! But what I hate more is the fact that people can know about child abuse going on and DO NOTHING!!! I say that these people are just as guilty as the abuser for not helping these poor babies!!!

[karmz3411]

Such a beautiful song. I always listen to it when I am on youtube...Oorsumm

[teawe1]

Loving this waiata , ka pai u..

[maorireppa]

heeey maan whats the chords and lyrics brooo cn u plzz tell me

[svgreening]

can someone post up the lyrics plz so i can sing along???

[svgreening]

wow guys thank u for posting such a beautiul waiata......

[phyllisnz]

ive listened to this song so many times and always think back about many of our young tamariki who have been neglected and abused, its not right for our young tamariki to go through anything like that. Baby Nia was a beautiful baby girl who was gods gift to this world, and who's life was sadly taken.. SHAME on all those people who was involved in hurting this beautiful pepe, may she Rest In Peace,,

Like aimzdvschild said we may not know her, but will always have a peice of her in our hearts.

[7Makaia9]

lovely song, moe mai ra Nia, shameless Curtis' & Lisa Kuka 2

[arnietautau]

What a beautiful but sad song. I love this song but would never want to hear it at a childs tangi

[ataz21]

Aue te Aroha mai i ahau kia koe e te tamahine....Kati to pouri ra...noho i te aroha.....uhm words can express i we are feeling for da lost ov a baby so young. one who could even defend herself.....REST IN PEACE LITTLE ONE MAY YOU BE REMEMBERED ALWAYS.

[misstirairaka]

kiaora tino ataahua tenei waiata

so love listening to this wai makes me tangi tino pouri may you now rest in peace baby gurl

[hapeta24]

kia ora

tino ataahua te waiata

is there a copy of the tamariki singing at the nationals online??

amazing song sung from the heart.

thank you for posting.

[aimzdvschild]

Sorry ment to put you didnt deserve

[aimzdvschild]

Rest in peace beautiful baby girl u r in a better place now ur life here with us wasnt good and i hope you r happy where you are. what happened to you broke thousands of hearts and you deserve any of the pain you went threw .We might not of knowin you NIA but we still cry for you when we think of all the pain you went threw all by yourself a baby who couldnt fight for herself a baby who went threw all that pain by herself breaks our heart Rest in peace sweet baby girl forever loved xoxoxoxo Aimz

[misstirairaka]

Aue te mamae! Aue te aroha! I heke nga roimata I rongo au te ahua me te wairua o tenei waiata tangi. Tena koe, koutou hoki i tito i waiata ana tenei waiata Mauri Ora!

[Makoarelaw]

He tino ataahua toku tungane

May pepe rest in peace.

Arohanui

Cheryl

[missrehu]

tangi ana te ngakau ki a Nia

moe mai Nia

sleep beautifully baby!

soooo many tamariki of nz have died at the hands of the people who should be caring for them!

it hurts to see this happening

and our babies pay the price for it!

Maisey Rika also has a beautiful song for Nia

ki a koutou nga tamariki i tito i te waita nei nga mihi nui ki ia o koutou!

oh and yea the 1 in the brown is pretty and can sing to me any day:)

[MRSKG2009]

awesome ..tumeke!

[cassidyT23]

E kotiro Haere ki Te Rangi Ki nga Kahui ariki aue E kotiro Kaua e Tangi Kai hiki to Wairua, Ki te rangi Ka tangi matau kia koe E nia, Aue Haere koe ki O tupuna Haere ki wiwi, haere ki wawa Ka tangi, Aue Aue, E nia, Aue

[MaoriBruza]

@cassidyT23

Aue ka tangi te ngakau mo ēnei kupu pouri.

Me whakatika tātou i a tātou whānau mena ka mahi hē pērā i a rātou i whakamate i te pepi ra.

Tēnā koe te tuhi mai i ngā kupu CassidyT23.

[GuitarZoNe8KA]

WAt r tha chords

[GuitarZoNe8KA]

wats the song called

[1mokz]

kia ora any no da chords

[akldmaoriboy]

Such a beautiful song. I could feel the heartache, sadness, sense of loss and immense love within the lyrics and from those who sung it. I can truly imagine the young ones crying when they sung it at the Kapa Haka Competition and, without a doubt, know the emotions and feelings that I have mentioned where personified and magnified by those who sung and felt by all present....I wish I was there.

[TeHeukura]

catch the rainbow cuzz...wat Nia's soul has done cuzz...caught the rainbow!!!!!!e rere kotiro, "ka hiki to wairua ki te rangi"..

Mean Maori!!!!!

[poleda1]

2 much catch the rainbow

mean maoris mean

[waktunit]

awsome

[TeHeukura]

Kia ora...i think the words are on page 3???of the comments???

[shaneteperejac]

Can you Put the words up bro? what a awesome song!

[mrdebbydee]

this songz so mean....

its so sad :(

[suezds]

awesome song....

[tehamua]

tena koutou e te whanau... haere ra e te pepi, e te taonga

[PUHAprincess]

Awesome tribute to a lil girl, shes almost like jesus him self in away. Suffered by the hands of someone else. Rest in peace Nia, as for the waiata sung by you choice falla's awesome can tell that was from the heart. Thankyou for sharing it with us.

[cassidyT23]

moe mai ra e pepi...

haere atu ra e pepi e ki pairau..

haere haere haere atu ra E NIA.....

x0x

[jess871]

AMAZING :)

[sgd68]

cher my brothers i still love hearing this waiata....i hear our akonga sing it but its always mean to hear the boiz sing it....hahaha i always play it.

[gatfingas]

tino reka bro's.........

[27mpr]

E TE IWI MAORI TU ! TU TONU! WHAKAOTI AI TE PATU TANGATA. chur brothers to much for the waiata, touch the soul of my heart.. "Okioki ra koe e te taonga o te rangi e Nia. Hoki atu raa ki runga i too waka Tupuna Ki Hawiki. ahakoa i wehe ai i raro i ngaa tuuahuatanga o te pokokohua, Noho ora Mai koe ki roto i te ringakaha o te Matua Nui Te Rangi.. kore te ringa kino i taka i te whare o Ihowa o ngaa Mano.. Moe mai, Whaka Taa ai, Haere atu , Hoki wairua mai. Paimarire..

[mfalaoa]

Tena koutou nga Taitama o Mokoia,

Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou mo to waiata tangi mo te mokopuna o tatou e Nia!

We are all responsible for what happened to Nia and for all other children who have died from abuse in their family. We have all had a part to play in building our society which turns a blind eye to this abuse either through ignorance, fear or apathy. We must all stand up and protect our children today! Right Now! Tell someone, call for help!

Waiatatia tenei waiata mo nga wa katoa!

[Pewana]

Tumeke

tino Pai te Kaupapa

Tino atahua te Waiata

Nga mihi nui ki a Koutou

[mussbemaori]

mean kaupapa brothers.STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR CHILDREN!

mauriora cuzzies

[flav134]

Mean maori mean cuz. What an beautiful waiata, it hits you right in the heart and the eyes natural fill with tears of aroha for that beautiful baby girl who's life was taken in a disgraceful manner, I hope those who inflicted that pain on that beautiful kotiro suffer the consequences that they deserve. Arohanui Cuz

FLAVZ!!

[skeemahhz02]

lol''ss, mohiio au hoki.

aww ii haere matou nqa kohine ki te kura o mokoia i te tau 2007,

te ataahua hoki o tenei waiata,

ka tata tanqi te katoa o tatou =]

[PacificNemesis]

fah, te ataahua hoki o te waiata nei. i like the message to aaRiearRik. we have to stop this child abuse for sure.Tau kē!

[Pewana]

Mean Maori mean. wicked Bros. You gonna post the chords to?

[whangara9]

mean words and mean rangi - ka mau te wehi nga tungane!!! Maori Mai, Waiata mai te mamae o roto mona, mo te kahui whetu :)

[aaRieariRik]

the message in the song is to show that we as Maori are way better people than all of this child abuse, family abuse stuff, and if we follow the path of our ancestors, we will continue on their prestige and mana in a more positive way, and make safe and better living environments for our babies and children....

[brathaspartan]

I didn't realise that it was a song dedicated to Nia until you posted the words. Too much. He waiata ataahua tenei ma taua kotiro kua wehe atu ra. He hohonu rawa nga kupu.

[aaRieariRik]

Kia ora, here are the kupu: E kotiro haere ki te rangi.... ki nga kahui ariki Aue... E kotiro kaua e tangi.. Ka hiki to wairua ki te rangi... Ka tangi matou kia koe... E nia Aue.... haere koe ki o tupuna.... Haere ki wiwi... haere ki wawa... ka tangi...Aue...Aue...E Nia..... Then repeat whole song...

[ngatikahungunu]

beautifull voices !! T U M E K E

[automatic454]

awesome,tomeke waiata brother can you send the lyrics and meaning through so I can learn the waiata

[automatic454]

Tomeke whanau, is there anyone out there that can send the words and meaning through I would love to learn this waiata please.

[Pumped79]

Thx for answering that for me.. That is so sweet now that I understand it is kinda sad.. Aroha mai Nia such a sad way to go too. Massive you fellas for putting this up it's really touching!

[aaRieariRik]

nah...kei te pai...yeah it was really touching for our kids who sung it on stage....nearly all of them were crying....i was crying and i was playing the guitar....hehehehe....nah thank you for the comment...kia ora

[aaRieariRik]

yeah i dont wat ur on about mr kumara who totally colonizes watercress by making a soup out of it!!!!!!!!go on master foods...pardon????

[aaRieariRik]

Yia well I've got the fulla whos got that vocal range to die for, you'll have to keep an ear out and an eye out for another similar to him..can't get anyone like him though...so lucky me :) hehe

[hemiwaerea]

kua he katoa te whakatauki a te kumara e koe e hoa e...

[brathaspartan]

Lol. Mohio ai koe kare e taea e ia te korero Maori.

[brathaspartan]

@hemiwaerea Say wah?

[Tainuiqueen2]

@aaRieariRik....Bloody Maori's huh....Gota Love Us...Truely Talented WithOwt A Doubt....Arohamai nga Rikiana WHANAU...Maori Ora

[aaRieariRik]

All of these gents taught the tamariki the song, it was really emotional when the children sung it at the nationals coz all of them were crying on stage. A sight that u neva see a young person do these days for kapahaka. Nga mihi maioha kia koutou Mokoia.

[aaRieariRik]

Kia ora...this song was composed by the students of Mokoia Intermediate in Rotorua for baby Nia, who passed away sadly last year. It speaks about how we as Maori are way better people than doing silly things like this, however the children thouight it would be lovely to compose a song about Nia, and to send there blessings and love as she goes to be with our ancestors. The gentlemen singing this song put the tune to it and tutored Mokoia intermediate.

[Pumped79]

You can kinda say that I'm a bit of a plastic Maori know the basic's and what have you... What is the waiata about I love the tune and of course the voice's involved.. I really like this waiata..

[bigmoses1]

Ka rawe tenei waiata tangi aw cuzzy and riki ur the man cuzz Up the White and Black PIKIAO HARD!!!!!!!!

[lucylawfull]

Yip, that the bomb. The guy in the brown got a vocal range to die for. Got any more of these(yous) guys?

[korasq]

I love it , my gf loves it

Beautyful

thank You

[tarnzones]

awe some guyz kia kaha

[FOBAH1]

This is meeean. Ka aroha mo to koutou nei loss. kia kaha e te whanau!

[cheekybitchnz]

awesome song, makes me cry when i hear it!!

[bobcels]

this is such a beautiful song. you guys rock!

[rekahnize]

i maatakitaki au i ta koutou roopu kapa haka i runga i a "PUKANA"...ka nui te mihi kia koutou mo tenei waiata

[lillady674]

Atahua hoki matua Ko Tawhiao Tenei takoto mai ra e te mokopuna

[tommo54321]

Cher Awesome Boyz

[GewjuZz67]

kei te tangi ahau!!!!!!! beautiful

[waimanagurl]

r.i.p nia baybe

[lillyt235]

Hey is that unkol Leam Ogden papa seans brotha at the back in the black top???

[hemiwaerea]

kao sorry no leam there.

[chantpuawai]

@lillyt235 hahaha u kno liam ogden?

[tewiwinmbrone]

chur MATUAz!!! allsome!!

Matua HORI e aha ana koe??? yew tryna hide is yew!! haha ka pai matuaz!!! haha maoriz for yah!

[crazeecyn]

Kia Ora - ataahua waiata. The singing is all from the heart and you can feel it!!! One thing Maori's are good at is playing the guitar and singing and you just proved it!! Have you eva thought of entering the next Homai te Pakipaki or MaoriOke??? Happy New Year!!!

[bjjforme]

ow, that fulla in the front ate all the boil ups ow lol

[shanchovies]

Ka mau ke te wehi! I been looking at all the waiata put on youtube and i watched this one the whole way... Wat a mean song, i felt it.

[tearawa1961]

he pai rawa atu

[Rawiri5]

Meen mokoia meen

[wotzcrackin8]

mean maori mean!!

[kiwifish67]

too much, beautiful straight from the heart

[aRieariRik]

fah that fulla in the front with the brown shirt on is handsome az!!!!!

[hemiwaerea]

put yr bifocals on bei cos dat be like da ug fullas of fullas however the black adonis to his left man wot a handsum cat...

[icantcu9]

hi, had to laugh at your comment too. u fellas only interested in the fellas. wat about da waiata.

kia ora

[Tainuiqueen2]

@hemiwaerea CrakUpz Aight....Az my mihi above....Bloody Maori's...Love Ya's

[icantcu9]

geez, i had a good laugh. u right he's good lookin but wat about de song!