(Intro) (Sound of a howling wind blowing across a vast mountain range) (A long, echoing blast of a shell horn calls out) (A deep, guttural throat-singing drone begins: 'Ooooooh...') (Whispered group chant, slowly building) Wah-kah... (Waka - Canoe/Vessel) Ee-wee... (Iwi - Tribe) Wah-kah... Ee-wee... (Verse 1) (Slow, massive drum beat enters: BOOM... BOOM... BOOM...) From the northern edge where the spirits fly Nah-poo-hee (Ngāpuhi) stands beneath the sky Their roots run deep in the ancient wood Where the greatest of the chieftains stood To the rising sun on the eastern shore Nah-tee Poe-row (Ngāti Porou) hears the ocean roar Carved in the mountain, carved in the bone They do not walk the earth alone. (Chorus) (Drums erupt into a driving, primal rhythm—heavy and relentless) (Full choir of deep voices shouting together) Ee-wee! Bind the blood and bind the soul! Wah-kah! Make the broken circle whole! Ow-tay-ah-row-ah! (Aotearoa - New Zealand) Call the ancestors by name! Fah-kah-pah-pah! (Whakapapa - Lineage/Ancestry) Keep the fire, keep the flame! (Verse 2) (Music drops back to a pulsing drone and rhythmic foot stomping) Through the heavy mists of Why-kah-toe (Waikato) Tie-noo-ee (Tainui) watches the dark water flow Guardians of the river, deep and wide With the sleeping Tah-nee-fah (Taniwha) by their side Teh Ah-rah-wah (Te Arawa) breathes in the thermal fire Where the boiling earth reaches higher and higher Too-hoy (Tūhoe) walks in the forest deep Where the children of the mist will never sleep. (Bridge) (Acapella. Fast stomping, chest-slapping, fierce and urgent) And down to the south of the ice and snow! Where the freezing winds of the mountain blow! Nigh Tah-hoo! (Ngāi Tahu) Hold the greenstone! Hold the cold! Nigh Tah-hoo! Stories of the brave and bold! Koh-tah-hee! (Kotahi - Stand as one) Koh-tah-hee! (Chorus) (Maximum volume, huge wall of sound with crashing cymbals and deep horns) Ee-wee! Bind the blood and bind the soul! Wah-kah! Make the broken circle whole! Ow-tay-ah-row-ah! Call the ancestors by name! Fah-kah-pah-pah! Keep the fire, keep the flame! (Outro) (The heavy percussion suddenly stops, leaving only the slow heartbeat drum) (Throat drone fades slowly into the sound of the wind) (Spoken in a deep, gravelly whisper) The seven stars... The seven ships... From the mountain peak... To the ocean's lips... Toe-ah... (Toa - Warrior) Toe-ah... (A single, final strike of a wooden log) (Silence)