Welcome Tane Mahuta
Yellow is for Aston, Josaia and Aniseko
Blue is for everyone
Green and purple is Paul.
They call him Tāne Mahuta,
The God of the forest,
The greatest Kauri tree in the Waipoua forest
Approximately standing for over 2000 years,
16 metres wide and 50 metres tall,
It’s Tāne Mahuta !, The greatest tree alive
Building waka, maraes, sharing the breath of life,
It's Tāne Mahuta the greatest tree of all
and if you see It first view
its very very tall,
look up, and see the leaves that soar,
3 to 7 cm long?,I know, I ain’t wrong,
Its Tāne Mahuta standing proud spreading his greatness all around
Separated his parents and now his brothers can roam around and now they are no longer bound to the
Cramped- up- space that was found as safe and sound,
so narrow, so dark, come on let's sing together about the familiar humankind, Boots stained with mud and soil abroad, why do you surpass me, and this god who we call
Tāne Mahuta, the greatest tree of all, It rains above the earth show what matters, helping plants hydration and the beauty of what you see let's go 1, 2, 3 and now there is a tree, Growing upwards, to tell the sky that Tāne, Mahuta makes us
feel alive.
They call him Tāne Mahuta,
The God of the forest,
The greatest Kauri tree in the Waipoua forest
Approximately standing for over 2000 years,
16 metres wide and 50 metres tall,
