Look out for the Wairarapa Songbirds who will be out and about performing our Waiata during Kokomai. Composed and written by Pania Smith, we encourage you to join in with performances of this very beautiful song.
Waiata Lyrics
Have you seen the sun shine on a Wairarapa summer day
When it rains it pours down to the rivers where it flows away
West snow capped mountains to eastern sunburnt hills
Down to valleys of plains that roll into their fields
Is it hard for us to see how wonderful it would be
All you need is love He awa tipuna
All you need is love He Aroha ki te whenua
All you need is love Nga maunga ki nga awa
All you need is love Our kaitiakitanga
Karanga mai ra ki nga iwi e
He karanga hap? ki a t?tau e
You've got to stand up now before it get's too late
You've gotta take a stand oohh before it gets too late
It is hard for us to feel
The problems that are real
All you need is love He awa tipuna
All you need is love He Aroha ki te whenua
All you need is love Nga maunga ki nga awa
All you need is love Our kaitiakitanga